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Could not do much today, to wet.
But did manage to cut more of the long grass down while the rain had gone off for a bit.

 ;D harvested a big bag of peas for tea but have eaten most of them :-[ so will have to pick some more ;D I am always amazed how much I can grow in pots. cannot wait to get a Lotty to grow more

I picked the first peas today as well but managed to get them home  ;D also harvested the last of the spring cabbages, planted out the celery at last, some chicories and the last of the dwarf beans - still so much to plant out but beginning to run out of space - all that rain served its purpose though and saved me a lot of time not having to water

picked some pots broad beans, mange tout and strawbs and even after all the rain had to water plants  ???

Tidied garden ready for onslaught of people on Sunday (I wont be here, going on hols. :'() to celebrate grandaughters 1st Birthday.It looks beautiful, now we are praying for a reasonable day. Soooo much to do, HE has packed and now gone to play cards and I think I'll be up all night doing neccesary jobs if I want to get to the plot tomorrow for an hour to feed etc. This is totally un-neccesary in his eyes, but I wont be happy till it's done. >:(

What a beautiful day. Mowed the back lawn, then cut the large area of grass at the side of the bungalow (left grass box off for that) Planted some cleome,morning glory,
and cosmos. Removed side shoots from toms, cut 2 more cucumbers. Watered all the baskets and tubs. Had a general tidy up. Doesn't sound a lot but I am knocking on a bit ;D Now I am going to enjoy my first bowl of home grown strawberries :)

Yippee - I have a day off today, it's dry and my OH is at work so I can spend as much time pottering as I want to.  :D

ray emptied some of the compost heap onto half of the early potato bed, I planted up the leeks  ;D
picked strawberries, pickling onions, peas, carrots, courgettes, and cut a greyhound cabbage , I love this time of year  ;D

I pottered and took a piccy of the lottie.

looks very good suzanne :)

Been at work this week so not had a chance to do very much and today i have been helpin a friend out so nothing on the allotment.

I have to check my potatoes they never flowered but have been in 12 weeks now so do you think i might be able to get a crop ?

Planted are

King Edwards (main)
Rooster (early main)
Wilja (2nd early)
Annabell (2nd early)
Vales Emerald (1st Early)
Annya (2nd early)

popped to wollies today and picked up 2 plants for the back garden and some plant trays so tomorrow i want to pot on my aubergine and chillis and start another lot of tomatoes.

My nana has popped over from Ireland (shes 80 this year) and i am going to see her tomorrow so i cant see me getting much time on the allotment. Unless i can get my back side out of the bed early. Weather is forcast to be pretty poor this tomorrow so with luck sunday i can get lots done.

cam

Came off the lotty early this morning it started to rain but had a brew first, we came back with some Strawberries and I'm going to eat them in front of my mate in the club at lunch time ;D I luv it, he won't :)

tied in the toms, melons and tied up the sweet potatoes, picked some lettuce and radish for lunch, listened to the rain  ;D

Went up the lottie with our packed lunch prepared for a days work. It started to rain  :'( so we made a brew and watched the rain. Then we ate our lunch & watched the rain. Finally we picked some corgies radish & spinach for tea & came home.

P.S great lottie Suzanne. We just love seeing what everyone else is doing.  ;D

I went to the plot with plans but the rain put paid to most of them.

Tied up my toms some more and pulled some side shoots off...then came home.

Cant really complain about the rain because we havent had much lately and what did come was fairly light.Its just drizzle at the moment.

Nowt! as we say in Yorkshire.

I was going to sow all sorts of things (lettuce, carrots, pak choy. etc) but no joy with  continuous rain :(

NUTTIN!!!
its pis-sisting down :(

Had a good laugh with mi mate  about the Strawbertries  his wife  was on about my veg that I have grown but not enough  for them but when it does start to produce they can have what  they want, I'm a soft sod ;)

Had planned to put some carrots and beetroot in.
But rain put a stop to those plans

We had our allotments' summer solstice bbq and it p***ed down. Nevertheless there was a good turnout. We had erected a gazebo so were able to remain fairly dry. Great chat, great food and great company.

Nothing done in the garden today, raining so decided to do my ironing (UGH) then no 2 daughter came then no 3 came then no 1 came so had a good old natter but as it has rained more or less all day didn't feel it was wasted time ;D