Digging in the rain!

 

Over at the allotment last weekend, Mark was disapointed to find that his strawberry patch had flooded, as well as another part at the back of the allotment where our weed pile is. He is contemplating rice and garlic growing now! Unfortunately, it seems this weather is going to continue for a few more summers, it might be a good idea...

We did well, and got some good work done moving the weeds we cut the week before, and clearing the path to get to the gooseberry bush and apple trees. But eventually, our luck ran out, and we hid under the trees at the back of the allotment. Beth isn't one for rain, and decided our shed would make a good dog kennel! It wasn't long before we had to join her as well.

I managed my first harvest of the year, and nearly all of it was fruit I hadn't actually grown. I picked a handful of gooseberries, a plant that was already in the allotment when we took it over. I also found a few ripe raspberries from the self rooted raspberry bushes that sprang up between the weeds this year. The only think I planted was a blackcurrant plant, which I got about a dozen blackcurrents off. Not bad really, usually I only get about 3!

At home I have had my first two ripe tomatoes, although they were barely big enough to be called cherry tomatoes! I have repotted the three plants I have in the mini greenhouse at home, so hopefully they will start fruiting soon.