At Easter we bought some tomato and pumpkin seeds at the amazing Co-op in Vik. After a while I got round to planting them in pots, and it seemed that only a couple of seeds from each packet had germinated. In the end all the seeds we planted germinated, albeit most of them took a month.

While we were back in the flatlands the pots stood outside and the plants grew bigger. Last week we were both rather busy so we only got round to planting out the pumpkins and tomatoes today. It is rather late in the season to be planting out, so we’re not expecting much in the way of produce but it will be interesting to see how they fare.

The tomatoes are now sitting in a patch of ground up against the house. They are quite sheltered here and will get sunshine for much of the day.

Given that pumpkins tend to grow rampantly (well they used to in Utrecht and we’re hoping they will thrive here in Gol) we decided to plant them at the end of the garden. Here they will get sun in the morning and evening and will be free to sprawl where they want to. You can see two of them in the webcam, (bottom right of the picture) so take a look every now and again to see how they are doing.

Agurktid is in full swing and we feel it is our duty to join in, so we are going to take it easy for a while. As summer is to be out and about in, rather than a season to blog about, don’t expect frequent updates for a while. What ever you are up to, make sure you make the most of the warmth and light that summer brings.