Its Friday night, most people when they finish work would be enjoying a nice glass of wine and relaxing... except for the avid gardeners of Birmingham - I would guess that quite a few wandered over to the new Urban Veg garden at Winterbourne Botanical Gardens to have a nose at the new project. Its an amazing space. I can't wait to see how it develops and I had a lovely chat with the Birmingham Organic Group.
Arriving home in the dark and still with the glow of having seen such beautiful vegetable specimens I thought I'd wander over to my veg patch. With the recent rain the patch is looking very lush and I'd weeded recently so it looks good - just lush lovely veg. (We won't talk about the winter squash with pitifully small fruit for the moment!)
I was particularly impressed to see that the peas are very much alive and still producing. Other things have performed poorly but I've never known a summer before when peas haven't died off in July.
Its especially the purple peas that don't seem to want to give up.
A delicious flavour to have at this time of the year when I wouldn't ever expect it. Thank you for surprising me peas!
They are called purple pod and I first got hold of them from Garden Organic's Heritage Seed Library. This is the second year I am growing them and this year they were from the seed I'd saved from last year.
I shouldn't be so surprised I suppose, the sweetpeas are still looking lovely and fresh in the autumn garden with their delicate fragrance.
Has any veg surprised you this season?
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| Such beautiful edible pea flowers. Easy to see their relation to sweet peas |
I was particularly impressed to see that the peas are very much alive and still producing. Other things have performed poorly but I've never known a summer before when peas haven't died off in July.
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| The purple coloured pea pods in this picture are the HSL Purple Pods |
Its especially the purple peas that don't seem to want to give up.
A delicious flavour to have at this time of the year when I wouldn't ever expect it. Thank you for surprising me peas!
They are called purple pod and I first got hold of them from Garden Organic's Heritage Seed Library. This is the second year I am growing them and this year they were from the seed I'd saved from last year.
I shouldn't be so surprised I suppose, the sweetpeas are still looking lovely and fresh in the autumn garden with their delicate fragrance.
Has any veg surprised you this season?
