Keeping the bees and plants happy – sunflowers and the companion planting of marigolds/tagetes.

We’ve had a superb crop of shallots.

The tomatoes are developing well.

The early crop of broad beans has almost finished being harvested. Now the outdoor beans are ready to be picked, as are the sugar snap, mangetout and lettuce, both the heart and cut and come again varieties, and in a poly, cucumbers, a mini variety.

Poking through the ground in late May, the Pink Fir Apple potatoes are in flower, as are the courgettes, squashes and borlotta beans.

A good harvest.