Things are picking up out back. The borage is a bee magnet. Next year, I'll plant more in bigger pots.
The long view down toward the wall. The bronze fennel next to the spirea is getting huge. We have bits of it with fish sometimes.
The courgettes are picking up a bit. While the one on the far end is flowering, it seems like the female flowers aren't getting pollinated a lot of the time. The water jugs are to moderate the temperature. They warm up during the day and give off warmth at night.
Looks good, but not much of a courgette glut yet!
Turning toward the bottom of the garden, I've put the weaker strawberries up where they'll get more sun. They are doing better, although I'm still cutting off all the flowers. The kale continues to produce lots of leaves. We've had several stir fries off them, and they're still producing.
The spring onions are almost big enough to harvest. I also planted some buckwheat around the same area, just to see what it looks like.
This picture shows the canes we're using to support netting between the plastic greenhouse and the coldframe. We also put fleece over it when it was cold.
The centeflor tomatoes are getting big inside the greenhouse. I've been babying them a bit.
In the centre "pen" we've got strawberries and tomatoes.
A few red cabbages tucked in between the tomatoes and strawberries.
The broad bean corner is next to the fence. I'm not one for flowers, but the scent is heavenly!
The komatsuna has gone to seed, but the leaf shape and flowers are nice, so I've left them for the bees. The comfrey plant I salvaged is tucked in at the bottom of the picture.
Toward the bottom of the garden, we've got the sheltered areas.
In the coldframe, young quinoa and amaranth and cucurbits.
Got some more carrots growing with a bit of protection.
Bits and pieces in the aluminium coldframe.
These lettuces are almost done for, although the cloche has kept them from going to seed.
A bit of borecole kale, also protected a bit.
More carrots, kale and spinach.
What's really interesting is the way the seedlings are greening up even though they had not been exposed to light before the squash was cut open.
Amazing!
Bits and pieces in the aluminium coldframe.
More carrots, kale and spinach.
It's starting to get a bit crowded out here! I've got a few comments from passersby about all the potatoes, so I've moved some other things out from the back garden.
We've been alternating very warm and sunny days with a few cool, rainy ones. The potatoes seem to like it, especially when we get rain every day or two. It's a lot of work carting out enough water for all these pots!
The small pots in the middle are calendula and carrots. Horseradish at the rear on the right.
The beans have been suffering from the cool, windy weather. There's quite a bit of leaf damage.
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