Picking, digging and cutting! Last night I picked a whole box of blackberries from the wild brambles that grow over the hedge. Apparently on the early front too, even my Dad was suprised that they were ready to pick! (My Dad being the king of blackberry pickers!!) Then this morning I dug up two potato plants and cut up four little gem lettuces. We got about 12-15 potatoes, probably around 10 mid size potatoes and a few small ones.

I'm definitely enjoying my first summer of real gardening. When I was younger I remember growing little things in my Dad's garden, as did my brother, but this is the first year that I've really grown real food that we could eat. Now that I've dug the largest potato plant up, I've dug the ground over and it's ready for the next batch of lettuces to be planted when they're ready. I planted up about 15 last weekend, and they're already showing through in the small seed tray, so hopefully in another week or two they should be ready to go into the ground.

We also have peppers starting to show too!