Shoots and leaves...
The whims and woes, highs and lows, of trying to grow fruit and veg in Nordic latitudes.
I had a quiet day today, just a bit of weeding in the vegetable garden and I picked some more beans, red onions and courgettes and in the tunnel I picked some tomatoes and aubergines, All I need for a ratatouille except the red peppers (which I bought from the supermarket). Lots of growth in the polytunnel - there is a huge canopy of foliage and it is difficult to see what's underneath. At eye level it looks like this. There are bees everywhere pollinating the big yellow flowers and there are wagtails hopping around eating all the insects! Not all the plants are butternut: at the front, right, there are some small pumpkins. At the far end of the tunnel, the plants have escaped into the field. So far no problems with rabbits, mice or deer. Under the canopy there are plenty of small butternut squash. They are all green: it will be several more weeks before they get that nice pale apricot hue. the ones in this photo (below) are about 20-30 cm long, so a good size already,
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