All fall down...

The artichokes used to stand nearly 2.5m (8ft) tall. Now the weight of the flowers and the general die-off of the plant has caused the flower stems to collapse down.

Mind you, it hasn't stopped the bees doing their thing. They absolutely love this plant. As these two different bumbles and a honey bee show.

Meanwhile, it seems that some of the poor courgettes which got slugified have managed to recover a produce a bit of foliage. One of the is starting to show signs of producing flowers, so maybe those ones will recover.

But the big one at the end which has the spiky leaves has blossomed into a nice specimin. This is producing courgettes (the normal green kind) and the single yellow one at the end of the beans is producing. Throw in the marrows that we have in the raised bed and we have a nice selection... that all seem to be producing at the same time. Guess we're going to get overrun with courgettes again. Maybe I see a shed load of courgette cakes taken into the office in the not too distant future.

The tomatoes seem to be in full swing now. Lots of green ones coming along, and plenty of large red ones ripening on the vine. The Okra is also producing a lot as well. So tonight's harvest also includes a couple of beetroot for full measure. Marrow (stripy), three green and one yellow courgette, okra, and tomatoes.