Glad you're still enjoying Suffolk BL - Lavenham is very attractive - I spent the night after my wedding at Lavenham Swan many many moons ago. Lovely area especially in early summer.
Grey and dampish here this morning, but the sun keeps making an attempt to appear - it's warming up too, 18C and the forecast says it's going to be muggy - Verdun's right, perfect blight weather - I shall try to move my toms in pots further apart, get some air circulating if at all possible
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Here you go dove, do you have a picture of the infected plant dove. blight is a big problem and if you have it you need to act on it now. its a fungus thats spreads by spores in the air.
Nothing much worse than a jammed swirl flap, ( how does the cat get in now? )
Another "dreech" day ahead by the looks of it.
Question for you fellow forkers, After a year in place, a blackbird in my garden has started feeding from a fat ball hanger. I've never seen blackbirds eat from feeders, always on the ground. Is this as odd as I think it is?
It's ok, no sign of blight on my toms - I'm just being careful. We had some blight on a couple of plants two summers ago, and by dint of moving the plants apart and inspecting them at least twice a day, picking off infected leaflets, we still harvested a reasonable crop. This garden is at the bottom of a shallow valley (Norfolk doesn't have many deep ones) and we have high boundaries, so at this time of year if the air is still I'm aware of the need to encourage what airflow I can.
Hosta some of our blackbirds will perch on the fat blocks in those wire cages and eat from them - think they're slow learners but they're getting the hang of it now. They also come to the table on the terrace and take mealworms that we put out for the robins.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Good morning all
Glad you're still enjoying Suffolk BL - Lavenham is very attractive - I spent the night after my wedding at Lavenham Swan many many moons ago. Lovely area especially in early summer.
Grey and dampish here this morning, but the sun keeps making an attempt to appear - it's warming up too, 18C and the forecast says it's going to be muggy - Verdun's right, perfect blight weather - I shall try to move my toms in pots further apart, get some air circulating if at all possible
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good morning Dove and those to come
Rather overcast this morning but is meant to be dry. Off for a walk but slightly miffed that I'm wearing a fleece again at this time of year
Lovely Pic Lizzie. Have a good day today
mornin all,
anyone for coffe?
Yes please Bushman
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all.
Could do with a few more hours sleep. Got diagnosing a friends car late last night (jammed swirl flap) and my brain was not shutting down.
Here you go dove, do you have a picture of the infected plant dove. blight is a big problem and if you have it you need to act on it now. its a fungus thats spreads by spores in the air.
Morning all
Nothing much worse than a jammed swirl flap, ( how does the cat get in now? )
Another "dreech" day ahead by the looks of it.
Question for you fellow forkers, After a year in place, a blackbird in my garden has started feeding from a fat ball hanger. I've never seen blackbirds eat from feeders, always on the ground. Is this as odd as I think it is?
Morñing
That's about all I can manage today 
Off to sign on early 
Cheers Bushman
It's ok, no sign of blight on my toms - I'm just being careful. We had some blight on a couple of plants two summers ago, and by dint of moving the plants apart and inspecting them at least twice a day, picking off infected leaflets, we still harvested a reasonable crop.
This garden is at the bottom of a shallow valley (Norfolk doesn't have many deep ones) and we have high boundaries, so at this time of year if the air is still I'm aware of the need to encourage what airflow I can. 
Hosta
some of our blackbirds will perch on the fat blocks in those wire cages and eat from them - think they're slow learners but they're getting the hang of it now. They also come to the table on the terrace and take mealworms that we put out for the robins.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.