Garden wise I’ve managed to do a few things in the last few days.  I’ve finally got around to repotting the chilli and sweet pepper plants growing on the windowsills in the house.  The poor plants were positively screaming to be put into bigger pots but despite my neglect they have begun to produce several peppers.  Spinach and some of the cut and come again lettuce went to seed in the garden while we were away, so I’ve pulled them up and sown some more seeds.  Cucumbers and tomatoes are growing well, and we’ve picked some peas and green beans.  We don’t have enough for a full meal so I blanched and froze them until more grow, but this morning I found dozens of tiny caterpillars in the soil.  That would explain the paper doily effect of the leaves.  As one of the plants was close to the end of its life I pulled it up and have sown some more peas in the hope that it’s not too late.  Eddie and I pulled up some beetroot and turnips.  The turnips have been blanched and frozen, and the beetroot has been pickled.  We have made another sowing of both so look forward to plenty more.

Eddie’s enthusiasm for gardening and animals has earnt him the nickname “Farmboy”.  He enjoyed pulling up the turnips and beetroot, but boy, did it take a few repeats of the sentence “Don’t pull anything else up!” before his enthusiasm was back under control!

And when the weather cooled, it was pickling time…!