How's the gardening, Jac?

Well, it's so, so. Loving the potatoes, in all colours:









Haulms have been cut off the remaining potatoes just in case blight gets them. I harvest when we need to eat at the moment, so I'm not worrying about storage.


Plum trees have been heaving with this year's plum glut:





Tomatoes are blighting before I get any fruit. Again, sigh:





The last of the onions are harvested and drying up: Pics to follow as not taken yet and camera missing at the moment

Sweetcorn are growing their blessed corny kernels slowly but surely: Pics to follow as not taken yet and camera missing at the moment

And I'm growing avocado trees! This was a totally unexpected! All I can say is.... seems I ate loads of avocadoes when they were in season, and affordable, and as usual, I throw the seeds in the compost bin. I just never thought they'd germinate, and well, I've a few germinated avocado seeds! At least 10! And I cannot bring myself to knowingly compost/kill them, so I guess I'll try and nurture them, see what comes of them and perhaps give them away as pressies in future if they grow? Anyway, a couple of pics below, taken using my phone before it died on me. More pics to follow when that camera gets found.



Last but not least, squashes. I planted mine late, so sadly, no courgettes for me this year it seems! No pumpkins or butternut squash either. No cucumbers. Sadness! Learnt my lesson though, I'll never take my gardening for granted again! I miss my courgette glut, lol! I miss beans too, as I decided not to plant any this year. Won't repeat this decision again! Oh, and I've got globe artichokes! All 6 of them! I thought they were lemon cucumbers (mixed up my seedling labels) but no, they are globe artichokes! Can't wait to get some next year. And the brassicas are also coming along nicely. But I still need to plant my leeks. My gardening time management has left alot to be desired this year. Needless to say, tomatoes and peppers/chiles are getting sown in December/January for 2010. That way, I may be blessed with a decent tomato harvest for a change. Till next time, stay brightly blessed!