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Its been to cool a summer here for anything other than my locotos. Even the greenhouse ones haven't done much, nightime temps too low. I do have one of each inside my house though that are doing well at least. Also lost my outside tomatoes to Late blight, apart from the blight resistant...

Small morning harvest of courgette, locoto chillis and a few toms. Also picking loads of soft fruit like raspberries, tayberries and veggies like potatoes, salad leaves, spring onions, chard and leaf beet etc. First beefsteak tomatoe is ripening now too

I've had to remove one outside plant due to blight. Been perfect conditions for it unfortunately.

last couple of times I've used Crisp crystal malt I've noticed it has quite the range of coloured grains in it. Definitely a mix in varying amounts for whatever colour they are aiming for.

Locoto chillis, first picked just under 7 months from sowing.

Steak and chocolate cake

These are retopped reheats from the freezer. Better than supermarket pizza at least

First outside fruit set on a crimson crush. Sowed this at the end of March. 2022 cereal crop might fill a thimble. I found these growing from some homemade compost and potted them up, I presume it is from pearl barley as I can't remember using unmalted whole barley when brewing. Or is it wheat?

Sowed all my indoor tomatoes march 13th, these are the most advanced. Lots more dull weather forecast so not sure I'll see much progress Godorst sibiri, a Russian beefsteak, sevryuga a Russian oxheart and bloody butcher

Rocotos usually have purple flowers too

We are having rather a cool start to summer, bit annoying in terms of growth of plants. 15c during the day and also some 40mph gusts

Apart from velveting, a lot of takeaways lightly poach the chicken first as you did, then of course they only spend 30 seconds in the wok as its on a 40kW burner. I think the "wok burner" on my cooker is 1 tenth of that .

A spade and lots of colourful language. It was right next to a fence too, so it is still alive, although on a neighbours plot now.

This is the main crown and some roots from a 3 or 4 year old cutting. Taking cuttings works extremely well for hops!

My outdoor tomatoes went out at the weekend. Growing tomatoes outdoors in Scotland isn't the most sensible of ideas, but in order to try and maximise any potential crop I've gone for Crimson Crush F1, a blight tolerant british bred variety. Aurora, an early russian determinant and Banan Krasnyi...

I do love coriander/cilantro. The green seeds are great and the flowers are edible too. It wants to go to seed in the warmth of late spring and summer. It is much slower to bolt if you can sow it late summer/early autumn for autumn/winter/spring, an early september sowing can give you leaves...

I'm growing "Cherry Rosella" this year that look to be similar to those Managed to put in all my inside toms in this year, 10 in greenhouse and 10 in a converted shed

A sort of carbonara but with salami and porcini and a smoked chicken done on the webber

I repotted 22 of my toms yesterday for the greenhouses. Still have another 22 as backup/to give away plus another 12 I will try outside.

@richwljones glad to see they are alive. I planted mine about 5 cm down, but there will be better guides out there than me I am no expert. It it usually suggested to just let it do its own thing in the first year as it needs as much photosynthesis as possible to put down roots and build itself...