Have eaten corn!

Went mad and picked the largest cob, and ate it!
It was still a bit small but beautifully formed and tasted tender and sweet!
Yay for more.

Spread granular fertilizer around all the vegetables and then watered it alll in so there should be a good growth boost.
Nipped the growing tops of both tomato plants today, any more extensions and I would not have been able to reach the fruit when ripe.

Plums are falling to the ground at 4-5 a day and they are tasting nice.

Very excited about the eggplants, magnificent specimens! Afternoon photo
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A pair of monarchs locked in epic embrace/combat on the lawn

Middle summer I guess

The weather is quite unpredictable, seems to happily swap from sun to rain at a moment's notice. It hasn't been the sort of summer that forces you outside for cool air, I hope it still comes, those nice long evenings outside with candles (and mossies) do feel like a real summer.

Have been using the barbie almost daily though! :)

The beans I planted the other day are up and looking good, the old lot are almost done now.

The corn is getting pretty close to harvest, the plants are huge and the cobs are fattening

Made some teepees for the ever growing aubergine plants, pulled apart an old trellis and used some of the long slats, the plants are looking very strong and are all showing flower buds now

in the foreground we have just planted the bottom cut off bits of spring onions, apparently they start sprouting and producing more in a third of the time if you start with seedlings! We shall see!

Zuchini flower, it's starting to get into serious production now

2012 and all's well

so far anyway...
:)
The corn is now as tall as an elephant's eye, taller I recon. There seem to be two cobs forming on each stalk, apparently one to two is as good as it gets for sweet corn. They are starting to fatten up now so hopefully it won't be too long till eating time.
Here is a photo of me and the cat taken by Miss Gnome

The plaited garlic had to be hurriedly unplaited and most of the husks removed. I don't think they dried out enough before I tied them up, the stems were beginning to rot! Now we have a large airy basket in a dark corner of the pantry that will keep them hopefully.

They look good though

Tomatoes are doing very well, no disease or anything much so far, fingers crossed. I had to get the ladder out to be able to tie the tops to the support. (which all need extending again).

There are now a few red ones ready for sampling.
Miss Gnome is dying to sink her fangs into the plums which are looking tantalizingly good

 

 Popped in another two rows of radish seeds before the rains began again, the last lot are lovely and crunchie when sliced onto a cheese and ham sandwich!