I haven't been active for a few weeks as I've been attending a course in Sicily and having the best time ever. It was hard to say goodbye, but now I'm at home again, so I'm back in the garden, trying to prepare it for winter with as little time as I have on hand right now. We're still enjoying great weather conditions, and I hope that it's going to stay like this for a few weeks, so that I have enough time to finish everything that I need to do.
Let me take you around!
It took ages for my Thai chillies to ripen. I think I planted them in the beginning of May, so it was about time for them to finally get ready. I only had two plants, but they gave me enough fruits. They are really good, so I will keep the seeds for next year.
This is not my entire harvest 😊
I'm so happy with my tomatoes this year. I didn't have time to grow seedlings from seeds this year, so I was happy when my mom sent me a few seedlings that she got at the local market. In the end, it wouldn't have been needed at all as I got so many volunteer plants. This is one of them.
I didn't really care about cleaning tomatoes that fell on the ground last year as I thought the nature will take care of composting them, but apparently they can grow back! As soon as I watered the greenhouses they started sprouting, and I think that I will use this method again next year as it saves me so much time and effort.
I wish those wouldn't be hot. I have so many of them, but the seeds got mixed up in the package, so they are not what I was hoping for them to be. They are still delicious, but I do miss my traditional peppers. My husband is very happy with them as he likes to eat a chilli with almost all meals.
And this is how Thai chillies grow. The plants are getting yellow already, and I think they are done for this season. I wanted to try overwintering them, but they don't seem strong enough to survive winter.
I left many beans hanging on the plants and now I'm letting them dry, so that I can make bean soup in winter. I love growing beans. They produce so much and whatever we don't manage to eat fresh we can dry and use later.
I was thinking that these would be our last cucumbers, but just yesterday I saw a few new fruits hanging on the vines. I will let them grow and see what happens. If the weather continues being warm like this I'm sure I will be able to harvest more.
I was so happy with my winter lettuce. I had seven plants of this particular sort and in the end I was able to only harvest two of them even though they were not big enough because the others magically disappeared or their roots were damaged by some pests underground. That made me really sad, but well, gardening is not only about successes, so I made my peace with it.
My basil just doesn't seem to stop growing. I don't remember if I ever had such a strong year with basil.
And yes, I cannot miss showing you my chives again. It's their strongest year too and I couldn't be happier. I will soon harvest it all, chop it and put it in the freezer.
Tomatoes keep coming and coming...
This is for you to understand what I mean when I say that I have a lot of basil...
Our last zucchinis, and a few pumpkins that make me happy. I can't wait to open them as they are not supposed to be coloured like this, so I wonder what is waiting for me inside.
My next years strawberries...
I left the old patch too, but I took some of the new ones and moved it to a new spot to get bigger harvest.
I've been trying to grow dill the entire season, and every single seedling got destroyed by slugs or the seed didn't sprout at all. And I made it! I managed to grow one single plant of dill!
Daisies keep spreading nicely, and I hope that they will reseed strongly as I love them.
This is the Aster season, and I fall in love with them every year. I wish they would open up a bit earlier, so that I could enjoy them longer. I will divide the root clumps to spread them across the garden as they give some colour late in the year which is amazing.
I'm also growing some flowers that I haven't identified yet. I mean, look at how pretty it is! When I see something sprouting I usually let it grow until I can see if it's a weed or some sort of flower and they I decide if it's time to remove it or leave it for a surprise.
Look at this beauty! It is my favourite right now and the picture doesn't capture its beauty completely.
I always wanted to grow cornflowers and now I do! It's the first year, so I will see if they will survive our winter or if I will have to plant them again next year.
It looks like my Globosas prefer cooler nights and warm days as they tripled in size in the last couple of weeks.
I cut Achilleas in August in about half and look what happened. I was a bit scared to do it as I had no experience with growing them, but now I know that when I cut down perennials after they finished blooming they will give me another set of flowers in the same year. Wow!
It's so nice to be back in the garden, but I just wished that I had more time. As my husband says, you have to make time and this is what I'm trying to do everyday.
Thank you for reading and until next time!
