We are just on the edge of summer abundance, with a basket of veg coming out of the garden every day, but not yet enough to start preserving for the winter.
Tomatoes are starting to reach full size, but not yet ripening. When they do, it looks like we will be awash with them (hopefully).
We have been eating courgettes for a couple of weeks, although most plants are only just fruiting now. On sunday we hope to get an old window from the scrap yard to build a solar drier for the July and August bounty.
Cucumbers will be a while yet, as temperatures have only just reached the heights that they like. It still feels moderate to us, while visitors think it is very hot in the day.
Nasturtium flowers are adding a sweet spiciness to our salads.
Young runner beans are crispy but not stringy – wonderful.
We do not have so many strawberries this year, but still we are eating some every day.
Peppers and aubergines have some way to go. They like it HOT. The plants are growing quickly, and will fruit when temperatures go over 30 degrees consistently. We have 160 pepper plants in the gardens!
The wild leeks are flowering, attracting some weird and wonderful insects.
Several of my pumpkins are larger than footballs now – I hope to show them off in the village if they get big enough.
And the 3 sisters bed, with Trail of Tears beans, Hopi blue corn, and a few butternut squashes are looking really good.
its all looking lovely and lush in the garden and I bet dinner is getting tastier each night!