Sunday 28th June

Wow what a nice day we have had here then! I feel a bit like i spend most of my life watering and weeding at the moment but hey ho.

Onions still looking good, cabbages are comeing along, runner beans are running, swede are looking good and so are the brussel sprouts! 2nd earlies and main crop pots are looking good, and so are the beetroot.

I ate my one and only gooseberry this afternoon
SHIT it was sour!!!

Saturday 27th June

Did nothing today :( shifted paving slabs i bought on ebay. Thanks dad for helping out - you are a star!!!

And thanks shaun too your fab!

20th and 21st June

Well we are exactl half way through the year now - so it is down hill all the way to 21st December now!!! Cheerful though eh?!

Got lots doen this weekend, yesterday we all went down and measured up for fencing. then went to B&Q to get the extra bits we would need. oh and a few hose type attachments. Zach had a bit of a boogie in the aisle when he heared the music bless him.

This afternoon i watered and weeded everything, it was exhausting, but well worth it. Got some weed membrane down so the hard work should be worth it. Also picked the last of my raddishes, sowed some more of them and some spring onions and a few extra runner beans on the canes that didn't sprout last time.

the swede are coming on really well and so are the red cabbages. The brussel sprouts are roming away as are the potatos and onions. My leeks are looking a bit happier than they were last week but my cauliflower have been eaten by something (i'm thinging a rabbit) that got into the netting that i didn't secure propperly. lesson learnt. My Savoy cabbage have white cabbage fly so going to have to see how they go otherwise might need to treat them cos they will spread to the brussels and the reds. Not a good thing.

Can't wait to go back down again, see what has changed!!

13th and 14th June

Can't be bothered to do two seperate posts sorry.
Just weeded and watered, got some caulis in and replaced a couple of savoy which had gone belly up. Tore up a whole load of nettles and shit infront of the shed and started to gather all the broken glass together.

Oh yeah - found another well. Already filled in but still pretty dangerous seeing as it is filled with broken glass and metal spikes. Gonna take some out and refill it with soil. What a nightmare - how many more will i find??!

Saturday 6th June

OMG what happened to the weather - i thought it was gloriously sunny? oh well. Talk about weeds!!!! I was only gone a week and the allotment has been taken over by bloody bind weed!!! Flaming stuff. Other than that everything is coming along ok actually, runner beans are begining to make an appearance but the dwarf beans aren't. All the potatoes are up and running and my leeks are happy too. The swede have started to sprout which is cool too.

One casulaty - A savoy cabbage has died - don't know why but the others all look fine. Got my brussle sprouts in and another row of swede too. Managed to rescue the salad bed and the beetroot are romping away too!

Glad to be back at it, depsite the weed infestation