Rain Rain Go Away

This is how big the plot is getting! The rain hasn't stopped and everything just get bigger and bigger, unfortunately so do the weeds.

We spent a couple of hours down there on Sunday, all we managed to do though was weeding, weeding and more weeding. But I did rip all the peas up as they have failed, so i'll use the bed to plant our Japanese Onions in a couple of weeks.

Sunday dinner was made up of our own potatoes, carrots, parsnips and spinach and it was delicious, plus there's plenty left over and I made some extra carrot and parsnip soup whilst I was at it - happy days!!!

What can you do with a marrow?

We were desperate for rain at the start of July but now heavy rains have made it hard for us to even get to the plot. I've been up there tonight and all the veg is growing well, trouble is the weeds love the weather too and some of our beds are a right old mess. We've got a beautiful row of sunflowers in the middle of the plot now (it was too rainy totake a decent picture!).

I filled my basket with goodies, all the British Queens have gone and now we're on the Pixies which are equally as tasty. We've got 5 massive courgettes/marrows that are all over well over a foot long. What on earth are we going to do with them all?

Some More Pics....

Please rain!!!

Our tomatoes are gasping!!!

Happy Birthday!!!

It's been exactly a year since we got the plot! We're further along than we've ever been and it all really exciting.

We've worked really hard this last week. We've managed to clear and prepare a decent size of ground (with a little help from Sanj's whirly gig!). We've now got brocolli, cauliflower, cabbage, 6 different varieties of tomatoes and broad beans on the go.

The focus now is to clear the rest of the plot because the remaining area is becoming more and more overgrown and i've not managed to remove all the bramble roots let alone finish the composters properly yet!