• 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

    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

    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…

  • An a-maize-ing cornucopia of corn

    This week I discover the sweetcorn has done rather well.

  • 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…