In the greenhouse: The tomatoes are ripening nicely, starting with the Sweet Olives, which look like they will have a bumper crop. I’ve started to remove the lower leaves on the plants to aid ripening and encourage the plants to put their energy into the fruit. Not much else is happening in the greenhouse right now as everything else, bar a couple of basil and chilli plants, is perfectly happy outdoors.
Sweet Olive Tomatoes
In the coldframe: The carrots I transplanted from Roottrainers are leafing up nicely – it remains to be seen whether the roots grow big enough to be worth the effort.
In the garden: The problem with going away is that the garden doesn’t put itself on pause during our absence. We came back from Wales to find something more like a jungle than a garden, but I’ve enlisted help and a couple of days concentrated attention should get things back under control.
Stop Press: Badger Bother –Last night when I was in the kitchen I could hear a lot of noise coming from the gate that leads into the courtyard. I shone a torch out of the window but, although the noise continued, I couldn’t see the badger. Andrew decided to have a look and went outside with the torch – only to do a quick pirouette and scuttle back indoors pursued by a cornered badger! Luckily it shot straight past him and exited stage left through a hole cut in the courtyard door (for our cat) that leads through to the front garden. We are still laughing.
