GWRS - Alice Fowler grows those dried peas in a pack for pea shoots
Went to plot lot more has been going on with the shed build over the last week and strimmed a bit around plot tonight, so sunny sun tan today while busy.
Chicken all ok 2 broody bantams so want to get hatching eggs for them would be cute
Have seen a few bats in evening a hedgehog and a fox
Checked the Markies variety of potatoes today, this is the first. 307g Pulled a few spring onions, cut back the cherry a little, and pulled a handful of carrots. Steadily picking tomatoes ( no cherry ones this year) Tossed the courgettes plants as really yuk, wouldn't want to eat anything off them!
Purplerallim , good size potato 🥔, been to allotment this afternoon, looks like my main crop of potatoes want digging up , much earlier than usual
Picked a nice cabbage 🥬, carrots , spring onion ( not many left now ) and 2 small containers of blue berries/ blackberries O/H burnt all the Pruning’s And of course watered Happy gardening in this nice weather
@purplerallim that is a big potato, did you try a courgette? or were they all bad
cleared a few plants today as will need somewhere for shed roof frame to be built when order wood yet the area looks much bigger, made another yummy crumble apple and blackberry
Didn't try any of the courgettes @Gardengirl.. as both plants were covered in white mould, black with blackfly ( its proving to be a bad year for them) one plant was only growing male flowers and the other had fruit but looked mis-shapen and inedible.
@purplerallim I agree blackfly are a real menace this year, my pots are quite big this year too. Sorry if I am repeating myself but the only thing that's late this year is tomatoes. We should be in full flow, and picking plenty but they are proving very reluctant to ripen. I have had the odd 2-3 here & there but normally I would have been picking loads from the end of June onwards. It must be the weather as most of the people on our plots are in the same position.
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Unfortunately not even seen any hedgehogs or there poo 💩 this year
Have seen foxes 🦊 occasionally in fields opposite us
307g
Pulled a few spring onions, cut back the cherry a little, and pulled a handful of carrots. Steadily picking tomatoes ( no cherry ones this year)
Tossed the courgettes plants as really yuk, wouldn't want to eat anything off them!
O/H burnt all the Pruning’s
And of course watered
Happy gardening in this nice weather