Today at Roots, along with the indoor team, I sowed Little Leprechaun lettuce, potted on Savoy Cabbage and spread out the chilli plants to give them air. I also had a walkabout to see how the whole acre was progressing and, oh my, the wonderful crops all over the place. Enjoy the gallery of goodness and at the end, the two varieties of courgettes that I fried in garlic butter as part of our meal tonight.
Onions grown from seed
Lots of varieties of tomatoes
Red, purple, orange and green chillies
We only planted these seeds last week.
Carrots harvested by two young and very keen visitors
Various brassicas
One of the 11th rows of flowers to aid pollination
Courgette flowers
Delicious!
nrhatch
July 30, 2025 at 11:55 am
How gorgeous and delicious looking!
mybeautfulthings
August 4, 2025 at 2:35 pm
So delicious and so good for all those people lucky enough to get their weekly supplies from the garden. 🙂
Judith
July 30, 2025 at 6:53 am
Amazing!! All so beautiful 😍
mybeautfulthings
August 4, 2025 at 2:34 pm
Thank you. It is a remarkable achievement for the four people who set it all up and for all the weekly volunteers. 🙂
Awakening Wonders
July 29, 2025 at 10:31 pm
A garden delight, full of all good things!
mybeautfulthings
August 4, 2025 at 2:33 pm
Indeed it is and it feeds many, many people each week. 🙂
mybeautfulthings
August 4, 2025 at 2:36 pm
Exactly that – goodness in every row of veg and then in every bag that goes out to the 60+ customers each week.
utesmile
July 29, 2025 at 8:10 pm
Wow amazing 😍
mybeautfulthings
July 29, 2025 at 8:56 pm
Isn’t it? xx
Ark
July 29, 2025 at 7:29 pm
These look superb, Sally.
I get so frustrated that my efforts are still not reaping the rewards I know can be achieved.
I have managed to be self sufficient with lettuce, carrots, beans and few others but I am still coming up short on things like potatoes.
I shall have to dig deep this coming spring (pun intended)
😊
mybeautfulthings
July 29, 2025 at 8:56 pm
Actually, digging doesn’t happen at all at Roots. There is a ‘no dig’ philosophy which we have also adopted at our allotment. The Roots team took over a field and didn’t dig at all to get where they are now 4 years later. You might find Charles Dowding interesting to read. He’s a proponent of the no dig and has a wonderful ‘garden’ full of produce. 🙂
Ark
July 29, 2025 at 9:05 pm
As I mentioned…the dig deeper was “Pun intended” . I too practice no dig as much as possible and it was through Charles that I first became aware of the practice.
I just think I need to set out my stall more efficiently.
Roll on September!