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.
Author: james
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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.
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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.
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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…
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Weeding and tidying
Now we’re harvesting the various crops that have been growing, it’s a good time to do some tidying.
After harvesting all the potatoes, I’ve dug the bed over ready for next year. At some point I’ll throw some fertiliser on it, and let the weather have a go at it too.
It’s also been a chance to tidy up the piles of plant pots and boxes allotments seem to accumulate.
And then finally some weeding to help the corn and beans keep growing.
