Soft fruit relay

As the strawberry season comes to an end there are blackcurrants, redcurrants and gooseberries to harvest.

Trap crop

Flea beatles munch on radish leaves but leave the crop unaffected and are distracted from other crops.

Herbal essentials

                       Dill, parsley and coriander liking the hot weather.

Peas up

Dolphin's back

Delphinium: modern Latin, from Greek delphinion ‘larkspur’, from delphin ‘dolphin’ (because of the shape of the spur, thought to resemble a dolphin's back

Petroselinum crispum

500 a day

The start of the strawberry harvest; expecting to pick around 500 grams a day for the next two weeks.