I have a blister on my thumb from so much weeding! Spent a good couple of hours up the plot today trying to get it a bit tidier before I have to go back to work next week. I weeded all around the celery, fruit bushes, strawberries, leeks and swede. I was pleasantly surprised to find there were quite a few swede still growing once the weeds had been removed - thought I'd lost the lot - but some were in need of thinning. I've replanted the ones I had to remove but I have a feeling swede don't like root distubance so that's another gamble! The cherry tomatoes have had their day and were looking sorry so I pulled them up and cleared the stakes away.
I've put a note on A4A about the celery. It's self-blanching and although it was cold after putting in at the beginning of June it now seems to have perked up and is nice and bushy. It's not white though and not tall - does it grow under the earth? I wonder if I tied newspaper around it a bit it would encourage it up - also would the newspaper stop the earth getting in the stems - celery is such a pain to clean up!
Anyway I'll wait for the as-always invaluable help from A4A and let you know.
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