Thomas the Cook

For a while I didn't think the gardening was getting me anywhere. Every morning I'd roll up the entrance to my greenhouse and be greated with a wave of humid air that'd fill my glasses with condensation. As I waited for them to clear, I'd hope that today would be the day things would've miraculously grown overnight. Up until recently I was often disappointed with the lack of vegetables appearing but after the first wave of courgette flowers started sprouting there seems to have been a chain reaction amongst the grow bags!







My chillis are now small and rugged-looking green things, but I know they'll turn into potent and glossy little gems soon enough.
















My pepper plants have also started looking far healthier and taller than ever before, but my courgettes have certainly been the star of the show this year. It has amazed me how big their leaves grow, how bright the flowers are and how much the flecked grin skins look like little lizards hiding in the undergrowth.









 I've also recently discovered some miniature green tomatoes peeking out of the dropping tomato plants I'd almost written off. Good job I didn't throw them out. Next stop: green tomato chutney. I've been promised a recipe by a friend of my mother's so I'll be blogging about that when the tomatoes are ready.