We have had quite a productive summer in the gardens this year, despite the cloudy, fungus-loving weather conditions. Many cucumbers and different varieties of tomatoes, with Red Brandy Wine being our favourite. The boys grew their own tomatoes quite successfully this year (Golden Sunrise), learning to pinch off the suckers, trellis their plants, harvest regularly, weed, and spot for fungus. We've been eating watermelons weekly for a month now, and they are still coming. The boys have a huge pumpkin to carve for halloween, sadly they will have to share as a rat got to the other one before we harvested it. We have lots of crown prince pumpkins to make into soup, and butternut squash to see us through to Christmas. Many potatoes are being stored in our fire place (we think we might grow a little less next year). We've also had the luxury of homegrown salad, pesto, and other veggies - dwarf French green beans have become a sure favourite. The Guinea Fowl coop became a thing, fina
Building an edible jungle on the Island of Flowers in the Azores