Late May Update

The weather's been a mixed bag lately, but mostly cooler and lots of rain. Quite a change from April. The potatoes don't seem to mind. I think as the leaves grow out, the pots are protected from excessive water. There are now 13(!) potato pots out, with the two horseradish pots tucked in the corner. One rather fragile pot of Cherokee Trail of Tears beans sit on the side, awaiting some poles to climb (hopefully!)


A few other pots have migrated out front as well, and are sheltering between the potatoes.


All the excess nasturiums are in a clay pot (another trough of them is hiding next to the wall). There are also three small pots of Paris Market Baron carrots. This is a small variety I'm trialling this year. Three calendula have moved into a trough that I'd intended for broad beans, but the beans failed to germinate properly.


Moving to the back garden, the borage is tucked in next to the porch and seems to be recovered from the leaves torn off in the near gales a while back.


It's a bit hard to see, but the courgettes are doing ok, although not as well as I'd like. I've dug in plastic bottles so they can be watered without pulling the covers off.


The kale's been blown around by the wind a bit, but I think it's doing better with the cooler weather.


I'm still hopeful that I'll manage to get the first full size spring onions before mid-summer!


In the plastic greenhouse, I've got the six Gardeners' Delight tomatoes from my neighbour plus the smaller Centiflor tomatoes.


The strawberries are sitting in the lee of the greenhouse, and doing quite well. There's a few pots of perpetual spinach and broad bean troughs in front.

Another view of the broad beans, etc.


And the carrots are just visible as well.


The first strawberries are developing!

The plastic coldframe has two deep rectangular pots with rhubard chard.


The red cabbages are sitting in the new aluminium coldframe, along with a few of the younger plants.


The lettuce is sitting on the other side of the coldframe.


Behind the coldframe are the weak second lot strawberries, which are beginning to look a bit better.


There are two types of mustard, Green Wave and Komatsuma, next to the back wall.

Outside the wall, the Jerusalem artichokes are getting pretty tall. The potatoes (in the middle) are just poking up their heads. The calendula don't seem to be doing much, and there's no sign of life from the horseradish.



Inside the house, a few cucurbit seedlings are beginning to take off.

I've also got runner beans and broad beans under the blue LED light.


There are also a few Cherokee Trail of Tears beans.