This week I'm joining in with Six on Saturday, a weekly cheerful game where people post six things that are happening in their gardens that week. So here are my six. 1. Chickens! This is by far the most exciting thing round here this week. I've had them six days now and we're all settling in nicely. Mildred is a bossy boots, Luna isn't far behind, Hermione is being stoic down at the bottom of the pecking order, and Maud has a sore foot. Someone keeps kicking over the feeder, and nobody's got the hang of sleeping on a perch yet (although they are now going into the house themselves which is a start). They're temporarily living in the stable block, which leads us neatly onto... 2. A not-quite-finished chicken run All the pieces are finished now, we just need to make a few adjustments to the levelling of the base, fit the pieces together, and put enough wire and stones round the bottom to stop the fix getting in. We'd planned to do that this weekend, but sadly it's raining so much it's like being in the shower out there. 3. My sorry looking greenhouse Oh dear. On the left are nine cucumber plants in too-small pots, which I didn't manage to keep watered enough throughout the heatwave. They still produced plenty of cucumbers though, and we've pickled quite a few. I had to remove the mesh they were growing up to use in the chicken run, and I don't think they're going to recover. On the right are tomatoes, four I grew from seed and the two larger were given to us by a friend. I clearly haven't got the hang of tomatoes yet, as apparently hers are prolific and glorious, and mine are few and far between. We have had a few yellow ones though. I need to start my own earlier next year. 4. Purple basil I grew this from seed, and I love it. I like to eat basil, but it's also a beautiful plant, especially now it's flowering. I've put some of the leaves in the freezer but never got round to making pesto. Oh well. I'll definitely be growing plenty of this next year. 5. Beans I'm growing two types, a red and white speckledy type given to me by my auntie, which has cheery orange and white flowers, and some climbing french beans, which have beautiful lilac flowers. I have nine of each, and they've been reasonably prolific. I've eaten them almost every day but not really had enough to give away or freeze. I'm planning a veritable bean forest next year. 6. Rainbow chard I love rainbow chard, but mine has languished in too-small pots all summer and only got planted out a couple of weeks ago, after slugs decimated the kale. So far it's holding up. So there we are, a swift wander round my garden on a soggy autumnal day. If you'd like to see Six on Saturday from other people, head over to The Propogator's blog.
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8/9/2018 04:44:36 pm
Welcome to Six on Saturday - love the purple basil! I look forward to watching your 'journey' over the weeks. What part of the world are you in?
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8/9/2018 07:53:00 pm
Beautiful black soil. Those chard plants will be happy -- if the slugs don't find them. We all struggle with slugs!
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13/9/2018 07:44:19 pm
I had the same discovery w/beans this year - you really can eat the produce from a kajillion plants, w/none left over to preserve. When you freeze the basil leaves, do you do any prep or just put them inside something, then into the freezer? Anyhoo, welcome to SoS!
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