I have had some disasters already this year my cucumber plants grown from seed died a wet rotting death. So I decided as time was getting on I would buy a slightly more established plant from a garden centre and have a second go! It isn’t looking great either to be honest, but not dead yet.

I had real difficultly  last year growing Cavolo Nero from seed, everytime the seedlings died it was very frustrating. So this year I raised some seed indoors and some in the greenhouse. the ones in the house faired much better and I am the proud owner of two coming on very nicely plants.

Cavolo Nero at last!

Cucumber plant take two

It is so nice now the vegetables are appearing, not just herbs and lettuce for salads but also kale, spinach, chard, mangetout courgettes and of course strawberries. The broadbeans are growing bigger each day and I nibble on peas as walk about the garden (not enough for a meal but so sweet and delicious).

Tagged: basket, broad beans, Chard, courgettes, Kale, lettuce, Mangetout, peas, spinach, Vegetables ]]> http://grahamthegardeninggnome.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/fruits-of-my-labour/feed/ 0 grahamthegardeninggnome Courgettes Peas Mange Tout Strawberries http://grahamthegardeninggnome.wordpress.com/2011/06/19/how-is-my-garden/ http://grahamthegardeninggnome.wordpress.com/2011/06/19/how-is-my-garden/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:40:56 +0000 grahamthegardeninggnome http://grahamthegardeninggnome.wordpress.com/?p=60 […]]]> The garden is looking very green, plants are starting to flower and vegetables are starting to appear. I have been harvesting Chard, Spinach, Mange Tout, lots of lettuce, some strawberries and the odd pea pod  (as I walk around the garden). The Chive flowers have about finished but looked beautiful for a while, Pot marigold flowers have started to appear so I will soon start picking to add the petals to my salads.

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