What a difference a week makes

So C and I have been away for a week and J has been keeping an eye on things at home. The weather whilst we have been away has been very poor. Lots of rain and cloud and little sunshine. Now I want to preface this next sentence by saying I do love J. But he has kept an eye on the garden rather than tend to it. Not that I asked him to do any different or expected him to, after all he has been working all week too. Not that I would have done anything different to him but I know myself enough to acknowledge that I often think I would do things better. When I got back and went to have a look at how things had progressed then I was amazed at how much things had grown. I mentioned to J how large the pumpkins had gotten and he said he hadn’t noticed! Anyway, I digress. The garden has really bloomed with the much needed rain. Sometimes in a good way and sometimes in a bad way. 

So we have three pumpkins (one is quite a way behind the others) and they have grown so much. I need to work out some way to support them.

Some of our herbs and salad have unfortunately gone to seed with the weather.

Our baby corn is so tall now.

We have our first broad beans ready to harvest

The caterpillars have had a field day with our cauliflowers and some of them have bolted in the weather (more on that another time). 

We were able to harvest more of our beetroot as it had reached monster size.

Some of the potatoes are ready for harvest (see here to read about the excitement of harvesting). 

And the blackberries are starting to ripen. 

It really is reaching that amazing time of year when everything starts happening in the garden and our bellies are filled with homegrown goodness.