Author: james

  • Taking the pea

    Taking the pea

    I found one remaining pea pod, I think something else has had a chew at it though. It rattles, might keep it for next year.

  • Too many tomatoes

    Too many tomatoes

    It’s not been a good year for tomatoes. The plants have done well, but the actual tomatoes haven’t ripened at all. They’re just green balls of stomach ache now.

  • Mr Bean

    Mr Bean

    Beans are easy to grow, but if you don’t plant them in the correct place, they can be a bit hard to harvest.

    I did put up a nice bamboo frame, but then got mixed up with what beans I’d sown and by the time I noticed, the runner beans had turned into a creeping mass.

    Still, it out competed the bindweed. Next year, if there’s bare ground, it’s getting a bean plant in it.

  • An a-maize-ing cornucopia of corn

    An a-maize-ing cornucopia of corn

    Despite the hot, dry weather the corn has done remarkably well. It started off pretty straggly and limp, but over the past month it’s really shot up.

    It’s also produced decent cobs. Previously the cobs I’ve managed to grow have been malformed and inedible.

    I might have picked these a bit early, I’ve left the rest to continue developing. The birds and creatures haven’t noticed yet.

  • The Flora and Fauna

    The Flora and Fauna

    There’s all sorts of creatures living amongst the plants.

    Everything from wasps and flies to frogs, slugs and centipedes.

    Also saw this growing amongst the chillies at home…