Shoots and leaves...
The whims and woes, highs and lows, of trying to grow fruit and veg in Nordic latitudes.
It was a chilly night. A north wind was blowing all day on Saturday and on Sunday morning the max/min thermometer in the polytunnel showed a night-time temperature of only 3 degrees. But thankfully, it warmed up on Sunday. In fact, when I decided to clear the willow out of the ditches near the cabin it was way too hot and sunny for hard work. ![]() Not sure if we will have strawberries for Juhannus (Midsummer festivities are next weekend) but they are well on their way. I decided to hang CDs over the row to frighten off the birds and I also netted them. The CDs look pretty in the wind, but I have no idea if they really keep the birds away. ![]() These are "smultron" wild strawberries that grow on the edge of the forest. We ate a few today, they have a very strong flavour, quite different to cultivated varieties. ![]() Having weeded the carrots I can now confirm that we do actually have some carrots... ![]() The beetroot are doing OK, but I did sow a fresh packet of seeds in the gaps. Today I also planted another packet of french beans (hopefully they will be ready a couple of weeks later than the rest) and a row of parsley. I planted some courgettes in pots as I only have three in a growbag, the ones I sowed direct outdoors didn't come through. I picked a few more asparagus spears as well and weeded all the onions. ![]() In the polytunnel the aubergines are doing really well. I also managed to buy two more tomato plants (at the market in Karis, having stopped at three nurseries on Saturday and not managed to find any!) ![]() Some of the butternut squash already have flower buds but if I remember correctly the male flowers appear first and the female flowers don't appear for another week or two.
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