In my garden my pepper bed has space for 18 pepper plants. I normally pop in half a dozen bell peppers so I can have a good supply to freeze to use over the winter months as we use them in most meals. So that means there are 12 spots for interesting things. Ordinarily I kind of panic at the end of the season, let … Continue reading One peck of peppers
I have had a lovely time. Hubby the Un-Gardener took the boys away camping to make the most of the summer before… well we won’t dwell on the coming months. It’s still summer and that’s all that counts. I miss them very much, but to garden uninterrupted is such a pleasure. So I indulged myself in all things gardening. I started out by sowing the … Continue reading How long?!
After months of being cruelly tied to a post the tomatoes broke free from their shackles with some kind of mob mentality. In one day 12 of my 20 odd tomatoes one by one snapped their stakes in a bid for freedom. Their escape was hampered by the fact that they are bound to the earth by their own roots. They were like lemmings taking … Continue reading The garden is fighting back and I have the black eye to prove it.
