Purplerallim , cooking apple tree about 6 years old , I did threaten it this year with the chop if it didn’t start producing Pear 🍐 trees not done as well as last year , still only 1 plum on tree !!!!
My plums have been and gone ages ago the blackberry is nearly finished too, I have some greengages though. Dug maincrop spud Picasso, today still dry at the end of a forks depth inspite of the rain. A lot of damaged ones again in spite of using a biological control for slugs and a general one for wire worm ants etc. Hopefully there are more "good" ones than last year.
Hello been to plot this afternoon , pruned Jostaberry , 2 Budlias , trimmed 2 lavender bushes & 2 clematis , big burning pile to deal with Got 3 more figs ripened Still no rain Cut the last of the Gladioli for home 🏠 , they are starting to go over now
Lots been going on at the allotment site got my roofing sheets on Thursday - delivery driver came into the car park near plot - only thing he did was back up and damage a bit someones fence across the roadway the top bit of wood over wire so my dad fixed it a bit and we left a note for them
Did a lot of measuring of the wood working out a frame and how to do while bit wet Friday - Saturday spent a long time up plot building frame with dad and mums help that is now on top of shed, sorted out the plastic to size and next will be getting put up with all the plastic screw things
Over the last 2 night Thursday and Friday the site has had shed break ins lots of shed doors open not sure if much taken
Roof plastic on shed all screwed down with the cap screws finished last screws today as ran out the other day, got all the 3 big plastic roofing sheets on did rain a lot while doing last sheet, fill up a good bucket on floor from rain, just to sort out guttering
spotted a frog on plot, must be damp enough under the plastic weed matting over the rest of my wood left, loads of tomatoes and more to pick
Over this weekend have picked 14lb of plums, 50 tomatoes and 7 cucumbers. Which have made 4lb of plum jam, crumble and frozen some half's, with some left over to give to friends. Still a good few pounds left on the tree. The toms have made 5 portions (for two) of soup, and the cucumbers ( with a hand full of carrots and a large "Markies" potato from the garden) have made another 5 of veg soup.🥵😋
Got to plots this pm after a trip to the dump. Spent most of the time cutting grass, very warm & sticky by the finish. Harvested beetroot, toms, radish, & cucumber to supplement the beans, courgette lettuce etc I cropped yesterday.
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Pear 🍐 trees not done as well as last year , still only 1 plum on tree !!!!
Dug maincrop spud Picasso, today still dry at the end of a forks depth inspite of the rain. A lot of damaged ones again in spite of using a biological control for slugs and a general one for wire worm ants etc. Hopefully there are more "good" ones than last year.
Got 3 more figs ripened
Still no rain
Cut the last of the Gladioli for home 🏠 , they are starting to go over now