How the weather makes a difference

[OverWyreGrower]

Isn't it funny, we've hardly had much sun, although it has been dry.

But, the changes in the garden have been many.

For a change, the greenhouse has needed damping down twice a day

The plums are slowly changing colour

The seeds I planted (in hope) last week have sprouted and are getting their first true leaves already

My cucumbers have grown like triffids and are trying their hardest to innundate me with cucumbers

Just don't metion the courgettes or peas!

[Curvy Vixen]

We have had some sun in the last 5 days (though we had to Google the ball of fire in the sky to see what it was called ) and I was in the garden last night. In the last week I have more broccoli sprouting, my brussels are getting baby brussels on them, I have blossom on my Stella Cherry tree and I planted beans 2 weeks ago and literally overnight I have about 10 sprouts about 2 inches high . Oh, I have tomatoes too!!

Amazing what a little sun can do for you

[momol]

It has been raining for the whole week , today it begin to show some sign of sun... everything has been growing well, red kuri are showing some sign of ripening, the are now 8 in total, some 4 small ones from the other vine are coming too. My pomme d'or squash are doing well, they are some 15 to 20 orange size squashes and I am really looking forward for tasting it. The yokohama squash has show some female flowers. The vegetables are growing so well ( amaranth, NZ spinach, rainbow chard,mizuna,french dwarf beans, cucumber, salsola ... parisian carrot) Has been harvesting them for several times.
My small seedlings for the fall are at 2 leaves stage and my over wintering seedlings are growing to 4 leaves stage.

Has harvest most of my blue berry, black berry are starting to ripe, has lost my plum ( it has rust ), grapes are turning dark to it's ripe colour ( boskop glory type ), my kiwi's fruit are growing to the thumb size. The pear are growing so well, by september it will be ready for harvest.
My walnut are doing great this year ( too bad, going to chop it down by the fall ).
It will be great to know how other grapes are doing...

Momol

[moggssue]

I am now inundated with peas and french beans and, finally, have a couple of tiny courgettes. The cauli is still going mad and more green tomatoes keep appearing - maybe after a weekend of sunshine there'll be some turning red. The peppers are swelling nicely, and I might be lucky with one or two last strawberries. My second lot of spinach has bolted, as did the first, the newly planted out baby caulis and carrots are romping away. The indoor chilli plant has turned into a beanstalk and is happily thinking of breaking through the kitchen ceiling! Thank you to whoever decided to turn on the sunshine for us!

[Two_Sheds]

Yay, sunshine, its great! 24 degrees today, sunny all day long, what a treat. Even the wind was going the other way, brilliant. Did lots of weeding, selective watering and mulching with well-rotted compost. Looking fwd to a bumper French bean crop now: the Cherokee, Cosse Violette, Purple Queen, Canadian Wonder, Barlotta, Ruth Bible and Yin Yang all climbing fast. Only Sungold and Masterpiece have been disasters (eaten by slugs...again)

[sewer rat]

OWG
Please let me mention courgettes and peas. My Kelvedon Wonder have been brilliant and the late sowing of the same looks to be coming good too. My maincrop (onward) were a disaster and succumbed to the rotavator) My courgettes have appreciated the last few warm days and have started to produce as I would like them too - the yellow variety seems about a week behind the green variety though.
As for my beans - don't mention them. Obviously don't like to have six weeks of norherly or easterly winds.
All I want now is some sunshine to ripen my toms in the tunnel. My cukes are rampant, as a re my chillies but the toms are still decidedly green - no sign of red, yellow or purple yet - with about six exceptions - and they were sold !!