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In the veg bed
Busy week in the garden. We earthed up the potatoes for the first time, as we expected (and got) a frost, then yesterday we planted out the summer squash and the beans, as we’re fairly sure that that was the last frost. Today, we put the peppers and aubergines in the polytunnel, but the aubergines are very pathetic-looking, so we might have to try to buy some plants. Just the autumn squash and sweetcorn still to go, and the chillis and tomatillos to pot on.
I do feel sorry for all the people not in frost-prone areas who lost plants to the frost. I guess there are advantages to having to be cautious. I don’t think we took any real damage from it, although a few of the leaves on the wisteria look a bit frazzled.
My mum (stuck in the UK for the summer) was vaguely thinking about trying to get tomato seed, so I suggested that she cut up a tomato and put it in a pot. She now has a pot full of little seedlings, which she’s very proud of!
I’ve bought a little temporary wire fence, small enough to step over, and put it around the veg bed to keep the ducks out: they are good slug control, but they also have a habit of stepping on things and partially uprooting them. Once the plants are a bit more settled in, I should be able to take it down and let them back in there.
In non-garden news, I had a riding lesson yesterday. We had to wait until our instructor got the go-ahead from her insurance company, but they decided it was ok with the new guidance mid-week.
I do feel sorry for all the people not in frost-prone areas who lost plants to the frost. I guess there are advantages to having to be cautious. I don’t think we took any real damage from it, although a few of the leaves on the wisteria look a bit frazzled.
My mum (stuck in the UK for the summer) was vaguely thinking about trying to get tomato seed, so I suggested that she cut up a tomato and put it in a pot. She now has a pot full of little seedlings, which she’s very proud of!
I’ve bought a little temporary wire fence, small enough to step over, and put it around the veg bed to keep the ducks out: they are good slug control, but they also have a habit of stepping on things and partially uprooting them. Once the plants are a bit more settled in, I should be able to take it down and let them back in there.
In non-garden news, I had a riding lesson yesterday. We had to wait until our instructor got the go-ahead from her insurance company, but they decided it was ok with the new guidance mid-week.
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You're not 100% guaranteed the same variety, but tomatoes are mostly self-fertile, and commercial ones tend to be grown in single variety greenhouses, so you've got a pretty good chance.
Either chop up a cherry tomato or use a thick slice of a larger one. Good luck!