Start of Autumn

Well, it's been the dullest August on record weather wise, and the 5th wettest. Not ideal growing conditions really. The tomatos have been a complete failure, and I've only had a few peppers and  two small aubergines. On top of that, we've had major stormy rainy weather, and the small poly tunnel has split.

I'm getting lets of quite a few runner beans, but less than I would have done if it hadn't rained so much - we are probably only going to get another few weeks worth.

The courgettes are coming to an end, but I've got a reasonable number of decent winter squash to keep us going.

As you can see from the picture above, it's all started to look a bit tired.

After three or four sessions of picking caterpillars a seem to be winning, although the plans are decimated - have a look at the Kale below. Hopefully a reasonable number of them will recover.

Yesterday I planted some cabbage, cauliflower and sprouting that we got from a mail order company. I was pouring down with raining at the time, the sprouting has just gone into a temporary position, as I hadn't prepared enough ground, and the plants look like they needed some daylight, so I though I'd get them in.