Giant sunflowers

Summer in the Kitchen Garden

This summer was marked by a series of intense heatwaves and a worrying lack of rain for several weeks. Apples didn’t do as well as last year, but other fruits and veggies still turned out great. It was a good year for figs, peaches and summer fruits, although many ripened way too early for the season… oh, and giant cabbages, which are coming in now.

A bumper crop of figs
Another bumper crop of figs this year
A good summer for our peach tree
…A lot more peaches this year…
Some very large cabbages!
… And giant cabbages coming in!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were also wonderfully surprised by how tall the sunflowers grew this summer!

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Watch a little tour of our kitchen garden in the summer…

And with very grateful thanks to our two wonderful gardeners who do such a great job and help us so much!
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