24 Aug - Drought Finally Ends

Yes, there's been rain. Not loads of it but enough to give the allotment a decent watering. More good news, the pumpkin that formed earlier in the month has grown rapidly and I'm now confident it will be a decent size. Phew, back in July I thought that I was going to be pumpkinless!

The butternuts continue growing well and the brassicas have come through the heat without too much of a problem with the Brussels sprouts and Tundra F1 Winter cabbage still standing. I've had a couple of the Summer Primo cabbages already.

I think along with the broad beans, the leeks are basically a write off with the main crop potatoes still in the balance. The spuds are still alive but the plants are small. As normally happens, the salad crop is going to seed but the carrot crop is doing really well. I've been surprised by the Resistafly carrots, despite the weather and me over sowing them, they are developing nicely.

Well, September is just around the corner, see you then. Bye.

13 Aug - Onion Picking & The Drought Continues

The hot dry weather has continued and this has had differing effects on the allotment crops, some are doing well while others have given up the ghost. Let's start with one negative, the onions which I've taken up today as there were no green leaves on them - they had basically gone. What a pathetic crop too, no weight on the onions at all. I have a few left over from last year which are four times the size. Oh well.

On the positive side, the butternut are thriving and I'm in for a bumper crop if all goes well and, a pumpkin has finally developed! Actually. two formed but one survived which was probably for the best. Fingers crossed there will be a pumpkin for Halloween!

That's it for now. Bye.