So long since I last posted - sorry! I have spent the summer hols in Mallorca and Devon with a week here and there to tidy up the plot. It's still a battle with the weeds...
On the good side my aubergines are still fruiting. We've eaten some which were lovely. The two plants that have been outside from the start are growing madly but I don't think will fruit now. Tomatoes in the garden are now being eaten by slugs - the wet weather we've had at home the past few weeks has seen to that. The ones on the allotment are still coming along although I notice the that few don't seem to be ripening as fast now. Courgettes, although no where near a glut, have been steady. I donated one marrow to my neighbour when I got back from Devon at the weekend but there were four or five nice size courgettes and more to come. The butternut squash plants again are growing and flowering but no sign of any fruit - I hope it's not too late. Oh and I had about a dozen runner beans!!
My sweetcorn is pathetic compared to other plots and I think I will pull it up next week. I did spend some time collecting sweetpea seeds and have dismantled their wigwam now.
A man from a few plots down (he has three!) offered me some strawberry runners. I had to dodge his bees to find them but collected a bucketful and just managed to get them back in the ground before the rain.
I have a few precious days left before I go back to work so would like to get up there if I can before I'm confined to the office..... :(
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