Caterpillar pests

These little c***s are eating all the Pom poms from the zig zag wattle, seriously guys, f*** off!

Cauliflower

These guys have been attacked by everything in the last couple of months, caterpillar, white flys, some yuck grey bugs, but they keep on fighting, keep up the good work caulis!

Winter Tomatoes?

So, I've left this, not so little anymore, guy stay over winter, he popped up where I was, unsuccessfully, trying to grow onions.

He's staying low to the ground, maybe for extra warmth.

There's are half a dozen flowers on him, could I be in for some winter tomatoes?

Out with the old and in with the newcleus

No time to get sentimental about the tomatoes, sure they're all gone now and I may not eat another tomato until Christmas time, but you've gotta move on, the only this you get from looking back is a sore neck....which would go nicely with my sore back that I've got from all the digging and planting I've been up to.

This heat at the moment is great for getting my seedlings up and away.

I grew them all from seed in my mini greenhouse, and now they're out in the big bad world, good luck little guys!

(Snow peas, spinach, edamame, beetroot and cauliflowers). I also planted fennel, but I don't reckon it will grow so no photos.

The life and times of this years tomatoes....to music!

David Bowie x Heirloom Tomato

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The wrap up

So we had quite a few varieties this year, tomatoes im talkin about, each to their varying degrees of successfulness

Siberian - 5/10 , peaked early but lacked taste.

Purple Cherokee - 6.5/10, took ages, and no yield, but taste was great.

Roma - 7/10, high yield, great taste, made a lot of sauce from these guys.

Green Zebra - 7/10, high yield, good taste, hard to tell when ripe though, being green and all.

Estonian Ox Heart - 7.5/10, decent yield, great taste, unique shape and colour

Cherry - 8.5/10, so many of these little buggers, and so tastey!

Little Sweeties - 9/10, hundreds and hundreds of mini tomatoes, never been so good, so sweet and so tastey, what a tomato!

I don't think I'll try the Siberians again, just not enough flavour, too much like a super market tomato, and taste is what it's all about! 

I've got a big bowl full of tomatoes and a freezer full of sauce, so my tomato days ain't over just yet.