I guess this is just a photography post, no fish was caught today... nature won... Anyway, this is Google's idea of 'beautifying' or whatever it is they call this automated photo 'enhancing' thing they

Short and sweet little update. Toms are hitting their stride, averaging about a 5-10cm daily growth. Have to twist them twice a week now. In the tube system I've got quite a few plants bolting. Am going

Picked a few fruits. The yellow raspberry is the only one that had plenty of ripe fruit; but the others aren't too far behind. The red currants are still not there yet... I picked a couple that I thought

Got the first tomato harvest of the season! Whoop! Going to have to remove the beans soon. There's no new flowers showing up so I guess that's the end of the season for this plant. Could let it go all

The berries are starting to ripen! Yellow raspberry Tayberry Loganberry Red currant - only one fruit was ready so that's all I had off this one :D Black currant - already had a few of these, pretty yummy!

The tomato area was getting a jungley feel again. Did a bit of cleaning up: bottom leaves removed, plants twisted, sideshoots removed. Also had to lower a plant for the first time this season. Lots of

It's been about to 6 months since I've started these. Out of the 4, only 2 survived. This is how they looked 6 months ago. First one. Gave it a trim and reshaped it. Second one didn't turn out quite as

Not sure what type of currant this is but it's doing pretty well. The fruit are darkening, they're pretty large for currants. The red one is petty loaded with fruit. These are starting to turn as well.

16th of June is the first day of the fishing season in the UK; the off season starts on the 15th of March so we've had a 3 months break. Was on the river on the first day of the season obviously :D Little

Aaaand it's happening! Tomatoes are coming in! First truss getting ready to be eaten! These are sungolds. My sungold is the most precocious plant so far this season. It's about 1-2 feet taller than the

The new strawberry patch looks alright so far. Only lost a plant, hopefully this will be the only death. Red currants are starting to get some colour on them. These ones as well; not sure what variety

First pepper forming! Whoop! Look at this little trooper; I've taken a cutting from one of the dutch bucket toms and put it into the tube system to see how it would do. It's growing slower than the others

The hop vine reached the top of its line way sooner than expected. This thing grows like crazy now, about 20 cm a day. Not sure if I should top it or just let it do its thing without me interfering. The

The day is finally here! The first tomato of the season! Whoop! The plants needed a clean up. Bottom leaves removed, some flower pruning and twisting the plants around the cords. Way airier now; cleaner.

Solved the mystery of one of the currants. This is deffo a red one :D Most of the cherries have fallen off unfortunately. Found about 5 that still left on the tree... yeah, 5. One of them is starting to

Picked some beans, bok choy and a cuc. The lettuce is coming back after I cut away quite a bit of it 2 days ago. Toms are are growing alright and I need to remove some of the bottom leaves to clean them

The lemon balm got a bit out of control. It was woody by now so I cut it down, it won't be long for it to come back though. The apple is still pretty small, not much happening. A tayberry forming. Red

In my quest of using up lettuce I've adapted the classic pea and ham soup recipe. No peas, replaced with lettuce :D It all starts with the ham obviously. Got a ham hock, cooked it by boiling so I can get

These berries are looking pretty cool. Can't be long until they're ready. - tayberry Strawberries are quite heavy. boom! Had to move the hop plant as it reached the top of my greenhouse. Stringed it on

Salads are out of control! Salad soup coming up probably, or another smoothie ... probably both as there simply is too much for me to use up in one session. 4 Cucs maturing at the same time... annoyingly,