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The heat is on in the garden and on the vegetable patch

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Harvesting is in full swing now with produce coming off the Vegetable Patch at a rate of knots. I have Blackberries coming out of my ears and Runner Beans and Courgettes galore plus the first of the Carrots, the variety  Carrot Eskimo that I am trying  this year for the first time, have been pulled and they were delicious . The first crop of Peas from the Pea Bingo plants have been picked and eaten with the second sowing due to be ready in a week or two now; a third sowing will be made this week. I have also been able to harvest the first of the Buffalo Steak Tomatoes from the Greenhouse and they went down very well at a BBQ over the weekend. The Gigantomo aren't far behind and the first of those could be harves ted by this weekend. The Tomato varieties I am growing outside on the veg patch following the disaster that was the Limoncito and Black Cherry seedlings failing on me are now  Yellow Pear and  Pink  Brandywine   and these are going well I am happy to report with the fir