You turn your back for 2 weeks and things go crazy.
In fact you can hardly see the two pepper plants behind the tomatoes. Unless you delve a little deeper behind all that lush greenery and see these...
And there's one more the same size (about 4/5cm long) on the other plant and lots more just beginning to show. So a difficult decision to make. Do I remove these green peppers to allow the others to develop quicker or let them ripen on the plant??
As yet the tomato plants in the back yard have only got a few fruit on them but they're producing lots more flowers now.
The tomatoes on the plot however are different beasts.
They are dripping with green tomatoes and my only worry is that we're not getting any hot 'summer' weather to get them ripening. I suppose green tomato chutney is always a tasty Plan B.The sweetcorn is looking lush and healthy.
I'm really excited at the prospect of harvesting super-fresh cobs, as the plants I grew last year didn't come to anything.
And as you can see from the photo above the plants are showing their telltale
greeny-yellow tufts of cobs in the making. Knowing my luck though they'll be ready whilst we're away on holiday next month....come on sun!!
The squashes planted at the end of the sweetcorn bed are definitely on a mission of jungle greenery and I found some volunteer dwarf beans (don't know where they came from) at the other end so I've got an accidental 3 Sisters happening.
I remember reading somewhere that in August weed growth is supposed to slow down but that hasn't happened yet! Although the greenery on the right are the Pink Fir Apple potatoes (no signs of any blight yet).
So I think you can just make out the courgette plants, which are still churning out fruit but I'm afraid our lovely neighbours, who we asked to keep an eye on things whilst we were away, didn't pick any so we've ended up with these monsters.....
ooops!!
The smallest ones are 'normal' courgette size with the heaviest being a
whopping 1.3kg.
In fact you can hardly see the two pepper plants behind the tomatoes. Unless you delve a little deeper behind all that lush greenery and see these...
... grilled courgettes, sprinkled with basil, sliced garlic, drizzled in olive oil and eaten whilst still warm, mmmm so yummy! No foreseeable shortage for awhile yet...
The courgette plants are poised on the brink of churning out fruit after fruit... I cut 3 small courgettes for my dinner, they're tastier and you get the added bonus of the flower too, and I've decided I'm going to keep a tally this year...(there are at least another 10 baby fruit on the 5 plants).
So grabbed a couple of big handfuls to take round to friends (along with some potatoes and garlic) to say thanks for looking after the kittens the other weekend. The courgettes are starting to flower so not long to wait until the fruit start swelling. I'll give it a week until we pick our first one. 
The shallots have all flopped over so I don't think they're far off harvesting.
Last weekend was a very productive time on the plots. We dug and weeded the big bed on Plot 85a and I decided to plant the celeriac seedlings (all 36 of them) out into the bed rather than potting them on.
We constructed a sturdy bean frame and planted out the purple climbing french beans and the borlotti beans, which I've forgotten whether they're climbers or dwarf. 
