strange fruit

Of all the plants I have this year the two I had the least faith in producing fruit were my cucumber plant and peppers. But this week I have watched in amazement as these very plants have come up trumps, with fruit that actually looks like it's going to be perfectly edible.

The cucumbers are growing thick and fast- one will be ready to pick very soon, and there are about six others not far behind.


And I have a pepper! Granted, it's only one solitary rather small pepper (probably not much to shout about when I have been nurturing two pepper plants since April) but a pepper, none the less.

I have also sown the last of my peas to eat as pea-shoot salad..

and am watching the sprout plants getting very large, but a little nibbled by the hatchling cabbage-white caterpillars I keep having to remove from the underside of the leaves.


I hope they don't eat them all- I am looking forward to home grown sprouts on Christmas day!

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PS we have a very exciting new gardening venture in its early stages of planning- news about this will follow tomorrow......