The trifid cucumber

 This is the cucumber that I have kept in the conservatory. I've tied a string to the brackets holding the blinds on and plan to let it weave its way along. The propagator isn't in use and is waiting to be put back down into the cellar. At the moment it's cluttering up the chest in the conservatory

The lights strung around the top of the blinds look pretty when we light them
on  a dark night

The dwarf French bean plants were looking a bit sickly so I have taken them out of the pedestal planter and brought it into the conservatory. We had a few pickings off but I won't plant them that way again. I prefer tomatoes to French beans so will just use the planter for tomatoes from now on. These are Micro Tom and they look a bit tired and leggy as they had to compete with the beans.  It won't take long for them to pick up now that they aren't being smothered. The conservatory is a better spot for them too as they were getting a bit scorched outside. The front of the house is a little sun trap and heat builds up very quickly there. The sun blazes down and has frizzled the poor little things

I'm really enjoying being able to see the skyline since the hedge was trimmed. It's made a huge difference to how much light comes into the back of the house.