Right, I've had a snooze so time to tell all about the allotment adventure of the day. Despite feeling fuzzy-headed (don't know why!!) I was up and off earlyish and in a mission! Went to buy a greenhouse type thing in the hope of saving my tomatoes. Got the plot and it looked like a jungle!! Serves me right for neglecting it for a week! So got my hoe and my trowel and tackoed the weeds. I cleared quite a lot in the beds but need to do the onions and tidy a bit more.
I planted more borlotti plants and was delighted to see some seeds I'd sown had started to sprout! Then I had to tend to my courgettes the poor things. Slugs had had a feast and they were looking a bit feeble so the pellets were scattered! And same for the sprouts and broc (the broccoli is starting to show some flowers!!)And so to the tomatoes. I put the greenhouse up, put the toms in and gave them a prune. There are some teeny tomatoes showing so I hope they are happy and start to show more!
After the hard work and as a reward I dug some potatoes and pulled more beetroot! (guess what's for tea!)
Suitably achey, prickly from nettles and worked-out it was home time. I had a peer at the wild strawberry (got a fright by a frog!) and picked a few berries. So here's a photo of today's loot:
And Mabel appreciates the beet leaves!
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