I grew 9 of these from seed and tossed 8 aside in favour for keeping the strongest. The plant kept was given 1 metre square of veg plot but ever since I planted it outside he’s stopped growing, been eaten alive and is now quite tatty. I almost gave up on him living but it looks like the pumpkin fighting back is going to try producing some fruit. Take all your time little plant – you’ve got until the end of October!

The Herbs and Salad trays are growing steadily in the greenhouse.

I’ve stuck 6 herbs into 2 trays and kept the ones that grow better with each other together. In the picture order below – Coriander, Mint and Basil in Tray 1 and Rosemary, Chives and Thyme in Tray 2. Coriander, Mint, Thyme and Chives have been the least fussy, Basil is just hanging in there and Rosemary hasn’t really taken off at all – so far.

Today marked the first harvest of french beans – I have waited for them to be about 3.5-4 inches long before picking.

Courgettes are growing rapidly. Chilli peppers are also coming on strong with two plants providing about 20 fruits.

This series of blog posts is a helpful reminder of my first attempt at ‘growing your own’. What went right, what went wrong and what to try for next year.

To get you upto speed – I have grown everything from seed. Firstly in propagators which gave 108 plants, then moved everything to 3-inch pots. About a month ago I moved everything from the pots into the vegetable patch or growbags/bigger pots in the greenhouse. Spinach, radish, beetroot, carrots and potatoes went directly into the soil. Courgettes, pumpkin, french beans, broad beans, tomatoes, chillis and peppers are split between the veg patch and green house.

Everything has been flowering this last week – lets hope that makes for a good supply of fruit.

After some considerable research on the iPhone tariffs, mac forums and UK carriers I have concluded which deal is best for my circumstances.

I am currently on the O2 Simplicity SIM (1month rolling) for £20, which includes 300 mins, unlimited texts and unlimited data. Picture messages are charged at 20p each. And 0845 calls are charged at 35p per minute.

This plan works for me but was only meant to be an interim solution until the new iPhone 4 was launched. However, with many providers (including O2 and Vodafone) putting caps on data allowance of 500mb and 1GB respectively you may end up paying extra for your data use each month. For example, I consider myself a heavy data user by streaming radio, using maps and surfing over 3G, often pegging over 1GB per month – not that it matters while I’m on a ‘unlimited data’ package.

So basically get one of these Simplicity deals before O2 replace them – I’d advise before 24th June 2010. O2 are offering my current Simplicity ‘iPhone’ SIM for £5 off each month if you sign for 12 months. So that’s 300mins, unlimited texts, unlimited data, all for £15 per month.

What more, if you’re new to O2 Simplicity, currently get £25 from Quidco. This changes from promotion to promotion – when I signed to Simplicity, O2 paid £70 Quidco for the pleasure.

Now the new iPhone uses MicroSIMs, it looks like O2 will swap your current SIM over (maybe for a fee), or alternativly you can cut your current one with a pair of sharp scissors or scalpel.

One more thing – once you sign to this you still need the new iPhone 4 – that’s the bad news – it’s £499.00 for the 16GB or £599 for the 32GB.

Now you have to just have to decide if it’s black or white??

‘The demos here show how the latest version of Apple’s Safari web browser, new Macs, and new Apple mobile devices all support the capabilities of HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. Not all browsers offer this support. But soon other modern browsers will take advantage of these same web standards — and the amazing things they enable web designers to do.’

Have a look around for yourself here