At the allotment, the butternut squash plants have been thoroughly enjoying the heat and now the rainfall we've been having too. Yesterday, I glimpsed these hiding under the foliage...
They are looking good. I actually found 6 and more to come 😁
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A while ago, our lovely new neighbour gave me 3 sunflower seedlings in a pot. They were about 4 inches high. Just look at them now!
Don't look at the grass though 😐 it has really suffered in the heat we've been having. I know it will come back so am not unduly worried but it does look awful right now.
Anyway, we have now decided that we have too many pots. With summers becoming drier and hotter, it takes too much water to keep things alive and we need to prioritise food production. Some of the plants will be planted into the borders instead, and some will just have to go. Any annuals will not be replaced next year. I do, however, want to keep the Rosemary, Sage & Mint in pots. The lily has suffered badly with lily beetle and will be ditched after flowering.
From the allotment we are picking:
French climbing beans
Runner beans
Brocolli
Early carrots
Radishes
Spring onions
New potatoes
Windfall cooking apples
From the greenhouse:
Sungold tomatoes
Roma tomatoes
Cucumbers (12 so far)
Lots of bloggers seem to have lost their appetites in the hot weather and are eating simply. I sure as heck haven't fancied cooking. There have been lots of sandwiches and things on toast eaten in our house, but it's forecast to turn cool and wet over the weekend so I can feel an apple crumble coming on!
What have you got planned for meals this weekend?
Thanks so much for popping in. Stay safe wherever you happen to be,
Angie 💗
We are having simple meals to use up what in in our fridge, we are away next week, so fridge meals are our menu.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely break, Marlene, I hope the weather is good to you 😊
DeleteSunflowers grow so quickly, dint they? I sowed a second batch very recently and in no time at all they were going mad!
ReplyDeleteFish cakes today….and out for a family, Sunday lunch tomorrow! 😁
Yes, sunflowers are great 👍 and I love to see the birds feast on the seeds at the end of summer.
DeleteI hope your family lunch was great. No cooking has to be good!
We've been eating mostly salads with lovely new potatoes but one day in the week I did cook some chicken as we had some delicious runner beans from a neighbour, our favourite veg and we haven't grown any of them this year. Your butternut squash look wonderful, we like spicy butternut squash soup once the weather gets cooler. We are cutting down on container plants, just too much watering. Regards Sue H
ReplyDeleteI love salad and new potatoes, especially home grown potatoes 😄 I'm planning curries with the mature butternut squashes 👍
DeleteI'm also cutting down the number of pots we've got. Our patio is covered at one end in pots - they look lovely but need watering daily. The garden is full of perennials which look after themselves every year. I would go for evergreens purely for ease but I like to see flowers in summer.
ReplyDeleteThey do take an awful lot of watering don't they. Beautiful but thirsty 💦 I like colourful flowers too but they take a lot of work in pots.
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