HAPPINESS IS A RADISH Greetings amigos.
Drop the dead donkey because the scoop is that we achieved our first harvest last week and yes it’s official, you may have thought that happiness came in the shape of a new Mercedes or a Caribbean cruise but forget all that because the hot skinny is that starting a garden from scratch and getting your first nosh on the table is as good as it gets.
IMPRESSIVE (I think you’ll agree)
We dined like Kings that night.
And the micro-lettuces from last month? Yes they're at it again.
From this
To this
Have you got yours' yet?
So where’d we leave you last time, oh yeah, I recall, at the end of ‘grey May’. Well flaming June hit the ground running and we had to sprint to keep up with it, keep up with all the watering that is. May, non-stop rain so we were quaking in fear at the prospect of losing our tender juveniles.
Then June rolls up bringing with it heat so extreme that at Wimbledon they recorded the highest temperature ever.
HOT
HOT
HOT
So what else is going on around the USG-Plot?
The beds, though not quite yet at full throttle are flowering around 50% capacity.
Think about Mimulus for bedding.
A highly under-rated annual.
They’re often not so garish as other varieties, go on and on and seed around, so they’ll pop up again next year, just where you’re not expecting them.
The veg have all put on good growth. From having coped with the coldest ever May to rocketing
temperatures in June, leaving them gasping some days.
Toms
Cukes
Beans
Flowers on the
Toms
Cukes
Beans
The Gardeners’ World tomato trial plants are a bit behind, but still doing well.
If you're doing these too let us know how yours' are getting along.
Tom Thumb
Beany Baby
These guys are under steam, maybe a while before the plants are groaning with produce, but the signs are good.
July already. Not sure how that happened. June was gone in a flash to carry on enjoying your garden an rendezvous back here very soon. Meantime, keep sending us your comments.
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