Its here, the dreaded blight. Just noticed it yesterday on the second earlies. Will get round this week to spraying with Bordeaux Mixture (the plants on the plot are due a foliar feed too).

Blight isn’t the only worry to contend with. Weeds - our neighbouring plot is overgrown. The tenants haven’t been down this year - they haven’t harvested the winter brassicas. They left perfect strawberries (no slugs/snails/woodlice or bird damage) to just rot. They weren’t very enthusiastic last year. They have left the weeds to take over. I’ve rung the council up (we don’t have an association for our 7 plot site, though another site in the town has 7 plots plus have formed an association), and they are chasing up to see if they have paid for the current year.

Last week,  harvested some redcurrants. I put them in the fridge meaning to get round to making jam and a fruit pie later that day. 2 days later, I finally get round to sorting them. There were 2 small spiders in the box! Anyway, the pie flan thing I made was delicious and have a small jar of jam. I tried my best to lick the pan clean…

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