MaliA wrote:
6 Courgette plants are in Planter Number Eight.
You will be drowned in courgettes.
Your courgettes will be drowned in courgettes.
Didn't I mention that we're well into the growing season? Or was that in the cookery thread? We've got
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tomatoes (9x, 5-ish varieties), peppers (12x, red, yellow, sweet banana), chillis (~80x of hot wax, cayenne, tabasco, jalapeno, rokita, fresno and... er, one other), potatoes (3 varieties), onions (red and white), horseradish, strawberries (5-ish plants), jerusalem artichoke, beans (broad?), rhubarb, blackberries at various stages of growing.
Starting we've got gherkins, cucumbers, aubergines (2 types), courgettes (unless we somehow forgot), radishes, mini sweet red peppers, garlic, onions (red and white).
There are oregano, chive, thyme, rosemary, mint (3 types), sage and winter something-or-other (to negate the jerusalem artichoke windypops) plants, a bay tree and 3 pots of various salad leaves.
The blackberries are doing fine. We would also have gooseberries and redcurrants but the new allotment neighbour incompetently strimmered the budding stalks off the top of that bush, so they should be back to fruiting next year.
We've got sugarsnap and climbing peas and borlotti beans to go in yet.
I think that's it.
Not only have we supplemented the allotment (containing greenhouse, and whose beds we're significantly increasing in size to adjust for relinquished space and a second user) with a smaller greenhouse in the back garden, the back bed is now being turned into a potager (for next year, we reckon), the hanging baskets hold the tumblers, and some of the patio has a plastic mini greenhouse, potato sacks and the herb pots. Oh, and Hel found some funky wooden lantern things which are now in the garden as well, with chilli plants in.
At least the house is now (mostly) chilli-free; just the ones in the kitchen for super-easy cooking access.