Magz's blueberry muffins were as good as they smelt when she was baking them. You know that smell of home baking that has your mouth watering. That was what welcomed me last Friday when I got home. It is a real pick up after a long weeks work. It was a great start to a good weekend with little more than some gaming and a bit of pottering about the garden. I picked some more berries as well as pulled up my carrots which were lovely as Sunday dinner. Well some of them were as there are still a few left for this weekend. The sweet corn looks good but have a bit of time to go before they are ready for picking. And the potatoes are looking really good as I noticed some tatties pushing up out of the soil in the bags. It could be a sign of a bumper crop this year. The shaws are still very green so they still need leaving for another couple of weeks I think.
The birds I think beat me to the coriander seeds. I couldn't see any when I was looking last Saturday but that might have been just the size of the plants. They certainly grew larger than normal this year though they are too heavy to support themselves. They lean out over the lawn from the tub I have them in.
Yes even though it was a very late start to the growing season this year I have managed to get a lot out of my tubs and bags. It hasn't been all good news though. The pak choi was eaten up by the cabbage butterfly or rather their young. I sprayed but the caterpillars seemed untroubled by it, at least on the pak choi. The brussels are still growing though they have little chance I feel of giving us anything this year. The cauliflower and broccoli grew well but maybe in the heat of summer just a little too well. For what ever reason though they failed to form florets which is a shame. That is the way it goes sometimes.