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turpsAs promised, some poorly focused pictures of my garden.
Buying the sugar snap peas was very much a last minute thing. They were on the reduced shelf, only 65p for a tray of six plants, and to be honest, we didn't plant them out for a while. When we did we put them in a wall container under our kitchen window, and they grew like crazy. We have to pass the container to get inside and it's so easy to just reach out and snap off some peas to eat. They're so tasty.
One of the courgette plants. I had no idea that courgettes actually grew like that. Their flowers are so beautiful too, like triffids.
One of the outside tomato plants ( ignore the horribly long grass, it's rained for days now and we haven't been able to cut it ) Remember how we said we'd probably kill some of the tomato plants? Not so much. We gave away loads of plants and still had to put a load outside. Sadly the lack of sun means the tomatoes aren't ripening yet.
Spring onions. They taste great, but man, are they strong.
Peppers, which are supposed to be red peppers so I haven't picked them yet. I'm itching to get my hands on them though.
A long shot of the garden. My computer desk is just beyond that window, see how the terrifying courgette plants are brushing against it? One day they'll get inside, I just know it.
In that mess of greenery there are tomatoes, courgettes, carrots, beetroots and cucumbers.
We ran out of space for the plants so bought a cheap tomato house. That's right next to the kitchen door.
More tomatoes and flowers that really need to be dead-headed.
More peppers. As you can see from the tag they're supposed to be red.
A cucumber, and behind that my tray of soil that's supposed to be chives. Stupid chives.
Baby tomatoes!
Chillies. Lots of chillies!
We only bought two types of flowers. I love marigolds, so am glad we got these. Sadly they're not looking their best as they really need dead-heading, too.
Next year we intend to save up and buy a real green house. The plastic one we have now was really cheap and it's showing, with seams giving way. Plus, we've discovered that we like gardening a lot. It's hard work at times but so worth it.
Buying the sugar snap peas was very much a last minute thing. They were on the reduced shelf, only 65p for a tray of six plants, and to be honest, we didn't plant them out for a while. When we did we put them in a wall container under our kitchen window, and they grew like crazy. We have to pass the container to get inside and it's so easy to just reach out and snap off some peas to eat. They're so tasty.
One of the courgette plants. I had no idea that courgettes actually grew like that. Their flowers are so beautiful too, like triffids.
One of the outside tomato plants ( ignore the horribly long grass, it's rained for days now and we haven't been able to cut it ) Remember how we said we'd probably kill some of the tomato plants? Not so much. We gave away loads of plants and still had to put a load outside. Sadly the lack of sun means the tomatoes aren't ripening yet.
Spring onions. They taste great, but man, are they strong.
Peppers, which are supposed to be red peppers so I haven't picked them yet. I'm itching to get my hands on them though.
A long shot of the garden. My computer desk is just beyond that window, see how the terrifying courgette plants are brushing against it? One day they'll get inside, I just know it.
In that mess of greenery there are tomatoes, courgettes, carrots, beetroots and cucumbers.
We ran out of space for the plants so bought a cheap tomato house. That's right next to the kitchen door.
More tomatoes and flowers that really need to be dead-headed.
More peppers. As you can see from the tag they're supposed to be red.
A cucumber, and behind that my tray of soil that's supposed to be chives. Stupid chives.
Baby tomatoes!
Chillies. Lots of chillies!
We only bought two types of flowers. I love marigolds, so am glad we got these. Sadly they're not looking their best as they really need dead-heading, too.
Next year we intend to save up and buy a real green house. The plastic one we have now was really cheap and it's showing, with seams giving way. Plus, we've discovered that we like gardening a lot. It's hard work at times but so worth it.
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Date: 2010-08-16 01:48 pm (UTC)And woah. Your cucumber plant's totally hung. That there is the Ray Toro of cucumbers. [grins]
The courgettes are gorgeous, and you know those blossoms are edible, right? You can pick them and stuff them with, like, a cheese-parsley-herb mixture and bake them, or batter and deep fry them, or even eat them raw if I remember correctly. So if you find that you're being courgetted out of house and home, that's a suggestion to try and thin the herd.
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Date: 2010-08-16 04:43 pm (UTC)Ahahaha. I'm so calling that cucumber Ray. If I can't eat it I'll blame you!
I didn't know you could eat the blossoms. I'm tempted to give that a try, simply because I've been attempting to find new vegetables to eat and new ways to prepare them. That sounds very exotic and tasty.
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Date: 2010-08-16 06:05 pm (UTC)Hey, you're a consenting adult. Whatever you and Ray get up to in the privacy of your own garden is up to you. [grins] Slasher-cucumber relationships are complicated!
Squash blossom recipes (http://www.seasonalchef.com/recipe0805b.htm). These sound so good, I'm totally envious. :)
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Date: 2010-08-16 08:14 pm (UTC)Thank you for those recipes. I have my eye on the one with cheese stuffing. It sounds delicious. Also, I never knew courgettes were classed as squashes. I'm such a noob gardener.