Courgettes in the fridge: 10
Courgettes consumed today: 1


Well the heatwave is well and truly over now, i even had to wear a cardigan outside today!! We had the first lot of rain for....oh... ages and ages yesterday. The garden was desparate for it even though i have been watering nightly.

I haven't been in the garden for a few days so there was plently needing picking. The "goldrush" courgette plant has 3 more coming on it. They grow REALLY slowly compared to the green varieties. We also have 2 marrows on their way. The butternut squash plants have gone mad, they are trailing about 6ft! I just read that i was supposed to pinch the growing tips out when they reached 2ft long [sigh].
The sweetcorn are still a mystery to me. The last two rows to geminate are now huge and starting to grow the cobs but the other two rows are between 1 and 2ft tall. I'm not sure how this will effect the fertilisation of the fruits???

I don't think the heatwave did my runner beans much good. They seemed to run to seed before they were fully formed - big and fat one end and tiny immature beans the other. At first i thought i was the variety as it is not one i have grown before (Butler) but since things started cooling down we have seen some more normal looking beans. Oddly it didn't seem to have any affect on the French beans which have been wonderful, really tasty. I will definitely grow them again next year.



Another "basket of veg" shot [yawn] Sorry i couldn't resist, they looked so nice!