Mini Squash

Surprisingly nice on Saturday and the rain held off today until the afternoon.

Weekend was spent mainly on the vegetable beds including finally planting the purple sprouting plants out (I had potted them on to large pots whilst waiting for the broad beans to finish) and putting up the 'Environmesh' to protect them from cabbage white butterflies etc. Had to hand pick off a number of clusters of eggs and small caterpillars first. Note for next year - autumn planted broadbeans are great but not to be followed by spring sown purple sprouting/other brassica!

The first of the mini-squash fruits developing

This is one of the three plants that I am growing as part of the GW? trial. All 3 plants are in the new vegetable bed and are interspersed with sweetcorn. The latter much prefer the shelter from wind that they get in this new bed.

Day Lily 'Sammy Russell'

Hemerocallis 'Sammy Russell' with hoverfly

So here we are nearing the end of July and I have two months worth of posts in draft. Change in tack for these busy months - photos only with some notes for myself for next year. Will do this properly next year. For now will 'publish' the photos in the drafts and save some of the actual text for the autumn.

This clump of Sammy Russell is in the narrow bed by the chicken run that starts the year with Leopards Bane. The clump of Sammy Russell in the bed at the back of the house is not doing as well for some reason (it has heard my thoughts on moving it?!).

Lillies

Growing in pot on the patio