We don't do full size toms here in summer as there's too many fruit fly, some beans finishing up but the snake beans for summer are about to take up the baton. No more peas now until after easter.
Pumpkins fruit all year as do the self-seeded cherry toms that pop up all over the place.The strawberries never stop either. It's too hot for lettuce so we grow something called "dutch corn salad" which doesn't seem to mind the humidity and is a great substitute. Zucchini just starting their march, no flowers yet.
Onions nearly finished, still going on the carrots, chillis in flower, caps about 6" high, 1st of the 3 beds of corn will harvest in about 2 weeks I think. Cucumber just about to start climbing the trellis as is the Ceylon Spinach self seeded from last year. 1/2 a bed of mixed asian greens - will sow 1/2 beds every 4 to 6 weeks for some months now until the weather cools down enough for the brassicas again. We haven't done beetroot in the summer before, but have a couple of rows in to see if they will be ok.
Mr does all the gardening, I just do the washing, trimming, bottling, freezing, drying and cooking. It takes all weekend somtimes so I haven't kept up with the soap making - had to buy some laundry liquid for the first time this year a couple of weeks ago.
Anyway, the garden keeps him out of my way and gives him a real sense of contributing. It's great.
