First courgette harvested!

This is the first courgette that's ripened on my Taxi plant.  (A yellow variety as you can see). It was about 10 cm long. So they haven't all just dropped off when tiny, as they did last year. I also fried one of the flowers - not stuffed or anything, just in oil. They tasted good! Hopefully next time I pick one there might be two or three.

July garden flourishing

The garden is doing well from all the rain (with a bit of sun mixed in). My tomatoes and courgette plants are very leafy and big, with baby tomatoes starting to develop, and baby courgettes.

I'll have to wait and see whether the courgettes will drop off (not fertilised) as mine did last year. I think they are bigger than last time though and I have more flowers of both sexes at the same time, so I'm hopeful.

I tried to pollinate it with a cotton bud to give it the best chance in case the bees haven't helped me.

This dahlia flower has just opened fully. The plant has also got very big, with a few other buds. It's growing just by my lupins and in full sun, so I think it likes the location.