Garden week of 22nd August

Fought long and hard but dragged the triffids back into order last weekend and everything a little more orderly this weekend. Started digging up the potatoes, excellent fun planting them in tubs because digging them up is like a lucky dip. Did amazingly well and the two red pots produced around 50 potatoes and the first white pot another 30! Planted 6 tubs of Maris Pipers for Xmas, so hopefully home grown sprouts and roast potatoes on Xmas Day. Bought winter curly kale, savoy cabbage and spring cabbage plants as well to give some extra choices on the big day. Sadly the end of the broccolis so dug them out and replaced them with the winter kale. Next week time to take the squash in hand!

Picked: Cabbage, broccoli, courgettes, mangetout, beans, potatoes

First signs of: cucumber, squash, tomatoes (still green), sweetcorn heads, chillis and peppers

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