Went to the plot today, as normal ;D, and am so thrilled with how great it is looking and how well everything is growing! My only failure has been things like green mustard and the rocket as the flea beetles love them, and I know I should fleece them, but I get carried away with other jobs and it isn't until I am getting into bed that night I remember all the jobs I forgot to do! :o My carrots haven't germinated as well as I hoped, but the seed was old and there are lots, I think I am just being greedy, after all, I do have 3 rows, and have just sowed another 3! Whilst planning where major crops will live next year, our site secretary arrived. She plots next to me, and as her garden backs onto the allotment site, she is able to bring her hose pipe over to water, which she very kindly offered to me, so all of my seeds, seedlings and salad crops had a darn good soaking. Then she arrived with a crate containing 8 tomato plants, 2 sweet peppers and a pot of basil, asking if I could find a little space for them. Well of course I can! I had cleared the shallot bed and it was looking rather vacant, so now I have another 8 tomato plants in residence. The basil and peppers have come home to reside in my already PACKED greenhouse. Then, just to make my head swell, as I was leaving one of the other chaps arrived and he asked me if I am enjoying my allotment and I told him I love it, can't think of a better place to be weekday mornings, come rain or shine, and he said that my love for it showed by how wonderful my plot is! (Smiling smuggly and getting all bashful :))
