My goodness harvesting can be exhausting. i dug up a washing up bowlful of King Edwards, picked a baking bowlful of plums for jam making tonight, 8 long runner beans for supper and a huge bouquet of flowers to sit in the now almost empty conservatory waiting for the glaziers to board up the damage. Thirty various coloured tomatoes and two peppers were brought in this morning so i may make some delicious soup for the winter while I am in the kitchen making jam. I propped up the Conference pear branch that had hit the deck in the potager because of the weight of its crop with a picnic chair.My garden looks like the pictures of the Garden of Eden you used to see in old Bibles! I have eaten six plums today so must stop.
Marion, you sound like you've had a very busy few days, but the end result is worth it and rewarded with all that fruit and veg mmmmmmmm sound good to me , I've been tapping my tomatoe flowers and feeding every other day as you said, I know I keep saying this, but I can't believe how tall they grow , well Birthday girl I'm just wishing the weather is fine for you and that you have a lovely day in Somerset, Ive had some lovely holidays there , nitery nite all
One of the participants in Mr. Fothergills trials has posted a picture of two brimming bowls of cucamelons, unsure how to use them and another has shown a picture of a summer stew with them added at the end which looks delicious so Not all have been stuck with two full grown and hundreds of pea size fruits! No doubt when the stats are published I will find what I was deficient in! I do not like them enough to try again however, not even to put in stew.
Our August parcel from Mr, Fothergill arrived in the post today and it is another experiment in sowing seeds later than normal, We have six packets of perennial seeds to sow at the end of August to see if we have good plants to plant out in the garden next June. If they all take even my garden will be bursting at the seams.
Marion at least you have tried them, you don't know unless you try, just woke up to blue sky's and sunshine, so going to tidy the edges of my lawn and cut my lawn too, I will take some photos of my Asters, lovely colours, keep you posted, ho Bizzie B, I forgot to say I love you photos of the butterfly and frog, lovely clear pictures well done
Conway looks lovely. A carrier brought me the David Austin Rose called "Golden Celebration" this morning. Seven big fat buds on it ready to open for my birthday on Monday. It was from my daughter and her family in Ballymena. Here it is.
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My goodness harvesting can be exhausting. i dug up a washing up bowlful of King Edwards, picked a baking bowlful of plums for jam making tonight, 8 long runner beans for supper and a huge bouquet of flowers to sit in the now almost empty conservatory waiting for the glaziers to board up the damage. Thirty various coloured tomatoes and two peppers were brought in this morning so i may make some delicious soup for the winter while I am in the kitchen making jam. I propped up the Conference pear branch that had hit the deck in the potager because of the weight of its crop with a picnic chair.My garden looks like the pictures of the Garden of Eden you used to see in old Bibles! I have eaten six plums today so must stop.
Marion, you sound like you've had a very busy few days, but the end result is worth it and rewarded with all that fruit and veg mmmmmmmm sound good to me
, I've been tapping my tomatoe flowers and feeding every other day as you said, I know I keep saying this, but I can't believe how tall they grow 
, well Birthday girl I'm just wishing the weather is fine for you and that you have a lovely day in Somerset, Ive had some lovely holidays there 
, nitery nite all 
One of the participants in Mr. Fothergills trials has posted a picture of two brimming bowls of cucamelons, unsure how to use them and another has shown a picture of a summer stew with them added at the end which looks delicious so Not all have been stuck with two full grown and hundreds of pea size fruits! No doubt when the stats are published I will find what I was deficient in! I do not like them enough to try again however, not even to put in stew.
Our August parcel from Mr, Fothergill arrived in the post today and it is another experiment in sowing seeds later than normal, We have six packets of perennial seeds to sow at the end of August to see if we have good plants to plant out in the garden next June. If they all take even my garden will be bursting at the seams.
Wondering if cucamelons would make a preserve or sweet relish?
Marion at least you have tried them, you don't know unless you try, just woke up to blue sky's and sunshine, so going to tidy the edges of my lawn and cut my lawn too, I will take some photos of my Asters, lovely colours, keep you posted, ho Bizzie B, I forgot to say I love you photos of the butterfly and frog, lovely clear pictures well done
This is one of my photos from my holiday in Conwy
Thank you flumpy1
Your photo gives me ideas for a weekend break, the sa and mountains - a lovely view, haven't been to north wales for years.
Conway looks lovely. A carrier brought me the David Austin Rose called "Golden Celebration" this morning. Seven big fat buds on it ready to open for my birthday on Monday. It was from my daughter and her family in Ballymena. Here it is.