I have a cute trug and don’t care who knows it

10 August 2009

What? I told you it was all about vegetables from now on. Just you wait til winter. Then it’ll be knitting and the occasional head cold.

Anyway, the first harvest has been made. We’ve had two beetroot and a number of runner beans. I looked in my book to discover why a lot of flowers have fallen off and not formed beans. The explanation seemed to be, “Pfft, *shrug*”. Try growing a white-flowered variety, it says. But the red ones are so pretty!

The cucumbers continue to grow like mad things and the fruits have grown cunning sharp spines to ward off slugs. And perhaps also the people who are trying to measure them with their My Little Pony ruler.