Wednesday 6 August 2014

August in the garden

After the long spell of good weather everything in the garden is growing well.  Our wildflowers are all in bloom and some have grown almost as tall as our young fruit trees.

Our friends at Shiremoor Allotment Association have been very busy making our duck house fit for a couple of ducks which should move in later in the week.  A run has been constructed for them while they get used to their new home.

The poly-tunnel is looking fantastic - hard the believe it was a bare soil plot just weeks ago.

One of our sunflowers, its head is about the size of a dinner plate.

More of our sunflowers, some are over 5ft tall so far.

The sweetcorn is looking good so far.

Celariac growing in our raised bed.

Peas, which are just about ready to be picked.

One of our flower tires.

Our fantastic wildflower meadow.

Chillies growing in the poly-tunnel.


Cucumbers and gherkins growing in the poly-tunnel.


Aubergines

More chili peppers

Gherkins

Sweet peppers

Melons


Some of the produce from the garden which we harvested today.  The tomatoes are all being frozen so that the students can use them when we return to school in September.  The cucumbers will be made into pickles.


Some signs of life from our new Asparagus bed.



Some of the pumpkins we discovered in the garden today, while we were doing a bit of weeding.

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