Sunday 9 August 2015

Allotment update

In the quiet "coasting" phase of the year right now: nothing much is going on up there at the moment other than weeding, watering, things growing and occasionally being harvested. By way of an overview we're looking like this at the moment:
Though will probably harvest some more of the spuds later today. Things of note? The leeks are making good progress:
The butternut squash are showing a decent amount of fruit (though don't know if they will all make it to a decent size) and the courgettes are of course working on covering the whole of the Earth's surface:
Other than that not much to report. One amusing thing this morning: a watering can was not working so well, and when I took the rose off I found this chappie:
That can't have been comfortable! Decided to name it "Gastroplug" and pop it in the compost heap.

No comments:

Post a Comment