A few piccys from last weekend.

The rain did stop for us to at least get the paths strimmed down and to sow a few more seeds , but thats about it.

Im constantly wishing i had more time to spend down there but im slowly realising that at some point we'll be spending even less time rather than more time down there so the easier i make it the better.

Some of the people on the lottie have absolutley beautifull plots but thats when they have all day to devote to them, which we havent, theres no way i could ever give it up now, its my little bit of piece and quiet, but i have realised that its never going to be one of these plots where everythings all shipsahpe and bristol fashion!!!!

the fruit Bushes seem to be growing ok, and the cage we built seems to be keeping the birds off our fruit. Theyre going slow but sure, i think next year ill onvest in some bigger plants though, we only bought some very cheap ones so see how they did but My father in laws have taken off at a fabulus rate so thats the next plan me thinks......

One piccy shows the red onions which we were supposed to storing but we got greedy, (i also gave them an accidental haircut with the strimmer whooops!!!)

Another piccy shows the cabbges (golden acre) which seem to changing thier colour, which Paul from over the road assures me its because of the dodgy weather ( he'd better be right....)

The second plot is still being very slowley dug, but ive decided to join the long, slim narrow beds together to make a much wider one. At the mo ive got lettuces, toms and pepper in there as well as some 2nd early pots.

Bloody rain!!!!

I am so sick and tired of the rain!

im usually the first one to go out in the rain and i love going out walking in it, and its brillaint for saving all the hassle of watering the plot, but now its getting ridiculous.

Our back gardens looking more like a bog than it did in the winter, and our poor onions are sitting in an inch of water, theyre just holding thier own at the moment as its having just enough time to dry before raining again, or else they would go rotten.

weve got the week off this week, and i had planned to spend a lovley few days down there, just strimming the grass and geting a few more beds dug out, but theres no chance of that, and the grass in the gardens looking like no one owns it!!!

Ok, now breathe!.....

Well the broad beans are just holding on, and despite not looking the best beans in the world have provided us with a decent crop.

We have just lifted our first lot of spuds, (arran pilot) and theyre looking good, although not a huge amount, but thats mainly my fault, for digging the new beds far too narrow, so the poor spuds cant stretch thier legs!

The spinach, beetroot,runners,lettuce, radish are doing well too.

Ive noticed a few more things not growing so well tho this year.

Ive tried so hard with our carrots (F1 flyaway) which we had a brilliant crop of last year, and this year i made sure the soil was nice and crumbly and lovley for growing em, but all ive had is a couple show themselves.

The spring onions really dont want to grow in situ on our plot either, ive sown endless amounts and have given up now, so i grow em in the greenhouse and then carefully transplant em into thire final position.

If only the rain would stop! then the slugs wouldnt be beating me into submission GRRRRRRR!!!

After alls said and done though i will not give up, coz as soon as that sun shines, and the soil is workable again, and the grass is nice and dry for sitting on, ill love it all over again!!!!!!