HIGHER MORWELL GARDEN DIARY

5th September 2016

The polytunnel blight problems continue. On a brighter note our pair of swallows that took over the garage rafters in May have had their second brood and another three babies are learning the tricks of fly catching around the garden and field in the evenings. Work has progressed on clearing space for the yew hedge, and we discovered a toad living under the old fence boards. Unfortunately he/she is very camera shy!

The last of the tomatoes which were planted quite recently have collapsed very quickly, and of those planted back in June, which have plenty of fruit on them, sadly many are not going to be saveable, if indeed any are. The infected plants have since been cleared out. Anyone got any idea what is the cause?

Not all is doom and gloom though,

the courgettes and particularly the

cucumbers are growing very well -

we can’t keep up with the

cucumbers! Pity you can’t freeze

them…

The beans are thriving in the tunnel

if a little squashed together, we did

wonder about pollination of the

flowers for the beans and the

chillies but both are producing

plenty of flowers and now fruit. The

herbs too are very encouraging, the

best coriander we have ever grown.