Drought

5 July 2011
I've been up to the allotment again today - watering in the vain hope that it'll encourage some rain to fall.

No camera so can't take a photo but it was lovely picking: peas, beetroot, lettuce, courgettes, radishes and raspberries.  Also picked some broccoli and greens at home, have left some of the broccoli to go to seed to encourage the bees.

The beetroot looked so yummy that I immediately pressure-cooked them and ate one and it was wonderful and sooo sweet!

Looking forward to some more stuff very soon, it's very rewarding after all the weeks of hard work.

6.7.11: It worked, it's been raining on and off all day, much to David's disgust as he wanted to bowl and so has got rather wet!

8.7.11: Picked first runner beans.

For more information about our allotments - see Link:  http://www.phgas.org/

22.7.11

Picked beetroot, spinach, radishes, peas, broad beans (some) runner beans, a carrot, lettuces, courgettes - and lots of weeds:

Various lettuces, marigolds, a courgette, some broad beans, tomatoes, potatoes

Potatoes, courgettes with sweet corn growing amongst them, then runner beans

Beetroot

28.7.11
It's too dry again, hasn't rained for a long time and the water butts are getting empty.  But - 'mustn't grumble' it's so lovely for all the people who are down here on their holidays.

3.8.11
Still hardly any rain, the ground and the plants are seriously suffering.  How can it say in the paper that we had a very wet July?