2015 What I Grow In The Garden

Hey, summer last year I did a post on what we were currently growing in the garden. A lot has changed since then, the arrival of 5 chickens as a main change! Hopefully we get a good harvest of fruit and veggies this year. Unfortunately not from the cherry tree because the pigeons have got to them!

Tomato plant from a seedling to growing fresh tomatoes ready for summer, already got some growing!

Having a crack at some chili peppers this year, should get a decent harvest.

 Potting up some herbs, rocket, and lettuce, to be moved out of the green house into the section the chickens have dug up for us!

Speaking of the chickens... Look how big Little has got! Her brother unfortunately had to leave us, because he was a little vicious and we had to give him away, but he's gone to live on a very happy farm with three hens that he can grow old with.

All the chickens are doing well, Dave jumped in front of the camera to get a closer look at what I was holding, she soon got bored after this picture though.

These grapes have been growing for years, this year we have started to get a decent crop out of them probably going to use them to make wine out of. With the elderberries further up the garden, they should make a decent wine (for my parents at least!)

The cherry tree, with no cherries on it because we couldn't keep the birds off! Even though there are hanging CD's; where the light can reflect off them and ward the birds off the branches. We do also have a few mini potted plants such as mint, and basil. We also have a mystery plant that we don't know what it is until it starts to grow flowers/fruit and vegetables. 
We are making an effort to grow some figs this year next to the cherry tree, they'll be done soon, once they're at the right colour and start to droop a little.

So that's what we grow in our garden. What do you grow in your garden?

Happy Baking, Beth xx

What my family and I grow in the garden

I love growing things. A quarter of my garden has been turned into a vegetable patch. We grow lots of different vegetables and some fruits.

Sweetcorn growing in the veg patch!

We grow things like figs, parsley, rosemary, raspberries,  strawberries, sweet corn, thyme, tomatoes and also carrots. We have a greenhouse with things like lettuce, parsley and chives. We have a fruit tree which grows cherries. We have a raspberry bush next to it. We painted a little wooden container and put some bottles which had the top cut off of them and holes in the sides. So you can fill them with water and they water the plants for you because the water leaks out of the sides of the bottles.

One of our first raspberries!

I love the taste of fruits, especially home grown strawberries dipped in melted chocolate ,yum!

Sweetcorn is always the best barbecued it has a lovely smokey taste. I use the herbs in my cooking, like thyme, rosemary, parsley and chives.

Parsley - great for burgers!

Mum's Fig Tree

Strawberry Planter - we had loads this year!

Runner Beans - Not sure these are doing very well :( 

Tomato Plant in the greenhouse

What do you grow in the garden? Beth x