June 2009 update

Following the first garlic harvest, we have now removed all the japanese onions, shallots and a further 2 beds of garlic. This year the Solent Wight garlic has been a bit of a let down as the bulbs are rather small. The japanese onions have produced an impressive crop with some real whoppers amoungst the harvest. With the first bed of onions we made a large batch of onion and balsamic vinegar chutney. The second bed are drying in the greenhouse.



In addition, the greenhouse and garden are coming along nicely.

Chillies



Tomatoes, Cucumbers and Sweet Peppers



More Chillies!



Various flower borders









Koi Pond

Rich pickings....

Today we harvested this fine selection of veg from plot 4. The first of our pumpkins is ripe and the pumpkin patch spreads over an area approximately 900 sq ft. The 2 large marrows are products of our courgette plants, which are so prolific that they seem to double in size overnight. We have a number of summer cabbages. These are a pointed variety called greyhound. Our beetroot has been slow to crop this year, but we are now pulling good size beets. The runner beans, which were not ready for the show last weekend, are now long and straight. The cucumber was a gift from a lottie neighbour. I am hoping come next season our greenhouse will mean many cucumbers of our own.