Just a brief post to say I haven’t forgotten about this blog. What with the school holidays, to-ing and fro-ing from my mum’s and studying 2 Open University courses, the plot and garden have been a bit neglected.
The garden has raspberry canes escaping from the original patch bearing very tasty and quite large fruits. The odd slug/snail has slimed a couple. Need to refresh the slug traps with more beer. Could be worse, could be in Gloucestershire - in the current issue of NewScientist, Feedback found a quote in an article: “In some parts of Gloucestershire there are 100 slugs per square foot.”
Still got a few potatoes to dig up at the plot. The marrows (well, they should have been courgettes!) have already been sliced in the kitchen for a tasty meal or two. We have yet to harvest runner beans, but we will have some. Cucumbers are also ready to harvest, though have had a couple already chomping them down at the plot. Intending to go there tomorrow - will take camera.
Seed catalogues - the first arrived on Thursday - the T&M. I don’t think I will be ordering from them this year. In past years at this time, I’ve looked forward to them, but this year, I didn’t rush to rip the plastic envelope open. Still, I think I am looking forward to the OGC coming out.
There may be still time to vote in the August competition on the A4A website: http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,35492.0.html
