Plants and stuff: Definitive listing 2012

Roughly a year ago I did a blogpost listing all the plants that we were growing in out back garden here in Walthamstow. In the pre-ramble I was pondering whether in the years of going to gigs I'd actually seen 1,000 bands. Sadly, over on the gig listing site, Songkick, that sort of quantity information just isn't visible.

Anyhoo, back to gardening, with a year's worth of experience, learning what works in our garden and what doesn't, its all blooming right now, and I thought it about time do do another role call of what's growing

1. Apple - cooking
2. Basil
3. Basil - red
4. Beetroot
5. Blueberry
6. Butternut squash
7. Chives
8. Cornflower
9. Cottage Pink Iced Gem
10. Dead bathroom tree
11. Irises
12. Lavender
13. Mint
14. Oregano
15. Parsley
16. Parsnips - one variety
17. Parsnips - another variety
18. Peppers
19. Poppy
20. Potatoes
21. Pumpkin - Atlantic Giant
22. Pumpkin - dwarf
23. Random red tree stolen from work
24. Raspberry
25. Rhubarb
26. Rosemary
27. Sage
28. Sweetcorn
29. Thyme

Crikey, twenty nine different types of plant, the same number as this time last year, but a different mix, still enough for a decent balanced meal.

No tomatoes this year as we seem to have late blight in the soil which just makes the them rot. Late blight also affects the potatoes, but if I harvest them before September, they should be okay.

The parsnips won't be good to eat until next year, and likewise the sweetcorn won't have any cobs until next summer, but its nice to watch it grow.

The apple tree is doing better than last year, the fruit are bigger and more numerous. I'm not sure whether they'll grow big enough to eat, but it still an improvement over the falling foetal buds of last  year.