Progress report

Beds 1 and 2 (spuds) are doing fine. A surprise crop of Nasturtiums are in bed 1 on top of the potatoes. Fine with me. Herbs at the bottom of the bed are looking great now.

Bed 3: Have planted Kale and white sprouting, all doing fine. South end is doing better than North end, and I think that is just down to situation and prevalance of bindweed. Needs weeding. Chives are now in flower and finished (as a crop, but I love the flowers)

Bed 4: Lettuces are just great. No problems at all. One or two small icebergs but most hearting-up nicely. Harvesting and eating regularly, and it is amazing how much taste they have compared to shop bought ones.
Radishes harvesting, and I made radish pickle yesterday. 2nd crop to come.

Bed 5: Squashes are finally fruiting. One good courgette on plant (about 8") several more on the way. Needs weeding. Fennel looks nice. Corn is beginning to show cobs. Runner beans doing great.

Bed 6: Broad beans. Tiny. Blackfly appears to have moved on. I am beginning to suspect that I have in fact a perfectly healthy crop of dwarf broad beans. Dwarf runners growing well, I have staked them, just in case. Probably a waste of time. Leeks doing really well.

Bed 7: Done and empty

Bed 8: Needs one last fork over and dig.

Greenhouse: Toms doing well now. Have some red and many yellow ripe. Squash doing really well, whatever it is will be fruiting soon. Lots of fruit on the Apache pepper plant. Very long fruit. Russian Taragon doing ok, one looks to be dead but feeding and watering anyway.

Tomatoes outside greenhouse aren't fruiting at all. Maybe they need more shelter from the wind or juset more time. Time will tell.

Border: Rosemary bay, thyme, artichokes all doing fine. Second artichoke harvest now ready. 1 of 3 plants looks nearly dead after massive blackfly infestation.

Jerusalem artichokes are doing really well. Very vigourous.

Jobs to be done: Plant cabbages, empty incinerator and have a fire. Tidy up. Kill wasps. Bring down nettles. Have a fiew. More harvesting.

Things done: Made gooseberry jam (some of our own, some scrumped from next door), rhubarb jam, redcurrant jam, pickled radish.

Observations: Very glad I didn't compost the broad beans. Absolutely delicious. Today is much, much too hot for doing serious work.