Cucumbers

The first set of cucumbers have started to flower on this feminized variety grown indoors.

Empty Garlic Bed

The last of the garlic bulbs have been lifted today.

This bed is now being made ready for autumn and next season.

3 sisters

The 3 sisters bed seems to improve with each visit to plot19. Other people on site still seem to have blades of grass as sweetcorn, whereas we have stout plants.

This sweetcorn is our healthiest crop so far. Very happy with overall growth.

Many plants have cobs already,,, and it's still June ;o)

Garlic Harvest

We harvested some garlic today.

Peppers (indoors)

A selection of peppers from indoors:

Temps between 20-35c

Numex Big Jim - apparently the biggest hot pepper in the world (...lol)

Numex Twilight - a small hot chili.

Early Habanero Paper Lanterns.

Landrace Peppers - sown from seed collected in fruits from the local Indian Delicatessence.

Vine on Shed

Grape Vine on the shed will need some maintenance before next season .

Gardener's Delight

3 Sister

Peppers and Toms

Habanero Paper Lantern

The flowers on this hot pepper are lime yellow and small.

Salad Crops

These salad crops were given to us by a chap a few plots down.

Just add a dizzle of olive oil and some balsamic vineger.

More photos

Peas

These mid variety potatoes sure like our plot.

Chili Bed

The chili bed is slowly establishing itself.

Tepin pepper.

This year we decided to follow the advice of Monty Don (for some reason) by planting a bulk crop of chilies and peppers outdoors. The main varieties here are Numex Twilight and Numex Big Jim, with the odd Tepin planted between.

Following an organic method that helps reduce damage by slugs and snails we have surrounded this bed with grass clippings. We will have to wait and see if it works.

Plot #19

Every on the plot is now growing.

Tom Bed #2

Our friend Mr G is busy tending to his plot.

The tomatoes have now taken to the soil and are rooting in nicely.

The variety is Gardeners Delight.

x3 sisters in June

The beans at the bases of the canes are growing the best.

The whole bed has been covered with a top layer of coco-fibre to help reduce weeds and retain moisture.

Many of the courgettes we put into this bed died following those heavy rains at the end of May. The pumpkins and squashes placed out in early June seem to be doing much better. This pumpkin is already setting to bloom.

3 Jalapeno

3 early Jalapeno

Painting Peppers

Painting peppers by hand is a good way of mimicking nature when growing chillies indoors.

Carefully, using an artists paintbrush, transfer the pollen from one flower to the next.

Repeat this process daily throughout the flowering season.