Garden Of Wonders....

Well, this year we have been a bit more successful with our garden, in some ways, and less successful in others.

A couple of pods of Peas

We did alright for Peas, though the second batch that we planted didn't come up so well. Definitely planning to plant more of them next year, and make sure they're close to their canes from the very beginning.

The runner beans have run off again like crazy! We still have some in the freezer from last year (9 plants) and even though we reduced it to 5 plants this year, I still reckon we'll not have to buy any until well into next year if we ever do buy any then!

The king of the onions

The onions have been properly harvested this year and I plaited the majority of them when dry as we ran low on twine. I only did 3 (or 5 of the smaller ones) to a string though, I don't have the skills to do a full plait that you just cut the onions out of. Maybe one day I'll learn to do that.

Lots of carrots, some beans

 

We planted the same amounts of parsnips, but only one seed germinated! We filled in with the transplanted carrots, of which there were a total of over 130.
The tranplanted ones are mainly a bit leggy, so those that we've taken up have been chopped and blanched and frozen but the ones that stayed put in their original germinating spot have done quite well and they haven't needed to be take to bits (except if they've been munched by bugs)!



So all that's left in now are about half of the carrots, the Solitary Parsnip, all of the leeks and the runner beans, which will probably send us another pound or two of beans to freeze before they die off.

Looking forward to cheesy Leeks in the winter!
Harvesting them is difficult though, as they're all up in York and we're mainly down in Bristol.

Hoping to work out a better plan of being in York at the right times next year, but it's hard with my exams.

We do also have some pepper plants on Bristol, the most productive Chilli I've ever seen and some celery plants.
I've got no idea if the celery will be nice or if we should've fed it better or anything.

CAAAAAAKE!!!!

I have baked 4 good cakes this year that I I have photos of, though i can only find 3 at the minute.

Here are the photos I can find:

Daddy's Birthday cake - Chocolate with coffee buttercream decoration and filling

That was late May.

Then this marble was for my fiance's return from one of his tours this summer:

And the last one there was another "welcome home". My own recipe Citrus drizzle cake.

Hoping to make another one of some description soon.