Earlier in the year, had a great crop of asparagus, gooseberries and strawberries.
Still picking the very last of the gooseberries and strawberries, both are coming to an end.
Broad beans did very well, but all dug up now and plenty frozen.
Rhubarb has done good, including a few transplants, that excelled, but it never really fails and still picking.
My mangetout and peas are finished now and had great crops. Now pods are turning brown, seed for saving.
My gherkins have all grown well and a good load already pickled. Have more setting nicely.
New potatoes have been great as ever like my usual Charlotte and Duke of York in raised beds and bags.
As I could not, like everyone else get any International kidney seed potatoes this year I replaced them with Sally and Nicola. Both grown in the same raised bed, Sally were a very good cropper and produced loads of good medium sized very tasty new potatoes. Nicola were an average cropper, all of a good medium size, but did not really think they were the best tasting new potato, a bit bland.
All my maincrop have luscious leaf and plenty of flowers.
Been picking my trusty Burpless cucumbers in the greenhouse for a few weeks and plenty setting and plenty to pick yet.
Greenhouse tomatoes, Golden Sunrise and Tigrella I have started picking this week.
Greenhouse tomatoes Nectar Rose, my saved seed are just on the verge of ripening and produce very well as they always have done.
I grew a new cherry tomato outside in pots and they have been flooding me with delicious cherry tomatoes, known as Bush Cherry Falls.
My Marmande and San Marzano are all growing and setting tomatoes nicely. Glad, as I have created two raised beds in place this year for them, instead of the pots I used to grow them in and they are producing as well as they ever did, in the same location.
Sweetcorn Golden Bantam this year is growing taller, an extra foot or so to 7 1/2 to 8 foot high. Is setting three and some four cobs on each plant, some just turning for picking in a week or so.
Brussels Sprouts are all looking sturdy.
Picking loads of lettuce and spring onions a few times a week. Have tried growing lettuce at the base of some of my sweetcorn, regular seedlings planted for a month or so now and the lettuce seems to love it.
Spinach as reliable as ever and regular picking.
Chard, many different kinds and Nero and Russian kale has been delicious and healthy. Will be planting out more seedlings over the next few weeks.
I did sow some chard into a my old (San Marzano/Marmande) previous years tomato pots, and they are producing tons of tasty leaves from just four seedlings in each pot filled about half way, about six inches of soil/compost.
Leeks are all upright and bulking out nicely all ready.
Been picking Purple podded climbing beans and blue lake climbing beans for a week or so. My first year with both of these varieties, replacing my many years of growing Cobra and Purple Queen dwarf. The blue lake has cropped as well as the Cobra ever did, masses of beans and just as tasty. The purple podded is producing tons of purple beans and they are absolutely delicious, best tasting beans I have ever grown. Will stick with them for next year.
My runner beans are setting nicely and have already picked a few handfuls last week or so already.
My hunter flat beans have just started setting and have today picked a handful. I'm once again growing them on one end of my runner bean cane support and again this year it has worked well.
My baby carrots, a new variety, Burpees Short 'n' Sweet this year are doing nicely in pots. Too small to taste yet, hopefully will be as tasty as my many years of Touchon and Amsterdam.
A long dry month, just one day rain on the 22nd July, just 2mm, so lots of daily watering. But plenty of bright sunshine with mid 20s to 30c temps and of course those few very hot days.
All the veg and fruit seems to be loving this warmer than usual weather.
My basil in the greenhouse that I grow within the tomato beds and in pots beside the tomatoes has obviously loved the extra warmth and is producing the best I have known it, regular picking is essential as I notice its always on the verge of going to seed. Never seen that before at this stage.
