However, all the plants are very healthy and are bearing fruit (apart from the sugarsnap peas, which have already given up the ghost), even if they appear to be making a bid for freedom.
My lovely relatives (brother Ken and nephew Jacob) took up the challenge and finished ploughing up the clay field while they were here on holiday. Thanks boys.
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| Ploughed back garden. Note the new composter sitting beside the garden bed. |
There are dozens of tomatoes growing beautifully.
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| Tomato blossoms |
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| Tomatoes! |
The pumpkin vines are growing right out of the boxes ... as are the watermelon vines.
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| I'm expecting that we will have butternuts to give away. |
Perhaps I should think about stuffed zucchini flowers ... ?
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| Zucchini |
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| More zucchini |
The eggplant blossoms are very like tobacco flowers, but then, they are related. In fact, the Solanaceae family (nightshades) includes tomatoes, eggplant, and tobacco.
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| Eggpant blossoms |
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| Compare eggplant blossoms (above) with ... |
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| ... this tobacco blossom. The flower of the tobacco plant is quite beautiful, in spite of the stickiness. |
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| Cucumbers are still to come |
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| The climbing beans are very healthy, but there is no sign of beans yet. They've outgrown the small support structures and are now winding themselves in and out of the fence. |
