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Well had a good couple of hours clearing the brambles.
Got a visit from the secretary of our site who seams pleased with how much I have cleared since taking the lottie on.
He is not so pleased with the plot next door though, they took theirs on a week before I got mine.
Next doors was in better condition than mine when they took theirs on, it is now the worst of the 2.

Fourth day on the trot down the lotty just to get it back into shape, watered toms and picked more broad beans and a few onions ;)

I have picked the gooseberry's today - 2.5 Kilo's !! Best I have ever had.

one of the plot holders told me I could HAVE his blackcurrants, he has no use for them  :o
I've picked, cleaned and frozen 6 pounds today, picked a couple of pounds for someone else and there's at least the same left for other people  ;D

Nothing apart from stroll down for a couple of onions, as we have used up the last of the stored, but roll on Thursday when we break for Summer... which has been cancelled as I understand it!!  ;D

Cancelled... oh no and school out in a few days!!!

My mini lottie(in the backgarden )is nicely starting to produce, it is so funny just having eight raised beds when we have 2 lotties  having a year off, but needs must!!

It was late getting built so we are quite pleased with what we are getting.

Trouble is the cats!! All of the raised beds have hoops covered in netting, a real pain when you have to pick or weed.

So today I  just had a walk around, eyed up what was there and decided turnips are on the menu for the weekend.


I am very envious of you all but still managing to grow some stuff.
XX Jeannine

Just back from an eight hour stint that was going to have been 2 hours max!!!! ??? ???
Weeded more and as ever, lifted some onions and all the garlic, confirmed that there are mini patches of white rot in 2 of the beds and eyeballed a rabbit that was nibbling on my carrots and not keen to leave. "I may not be Mr Macgregor," I warned it, "but if I catch you you'll need more than camomile tea!!."
It took the hint and b***ed off into the second earlies.

Planted out savoys, winter cauliflower, PSB. WSB, calabrese, red kale, green kale. Watered - causing the sun to disappear and ominous black rain clouds to appear - put down slug pellets of the organic variety and covered it all with netting for the rabbits and pigeons.

Home now, cork pulled and aches setting in.

Not managed to get to the plot, this job is making me very tired so not managing to get up there at the moment.

The rest of this week and the weekend are tied up so hopefully next week i can get some work done.

Had a day off today so had a really good weed and clear up. I'll take pictures tomorrow if i have time and post them.  :)

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Grazed on goosegogs, baby beans & peas!

Did a miniature harvest festival for tea tonight and gave the tomatoes a good talking to!

i lifted my over wintered garlic and onions, picked some pea's and watered the allotment.

Dug some potatoes, stamped the ground down ready for leeks. Picked some Tendergreen beans and last of the peas for drying. Watered, watered and watered (biceps like Arnie now ;D)

dug up more spuds with my friends 4 yr old,who loved it...fed the toms,weeded,weeded and then weeded some more,transplanted some herbs,aubergine and picked some sweet peas.came home to enjoy said spuds,our first.bliss.spent 8 hours there,again,pulled a cork and now going for well deserved soak x

Piccys as promised - this is lottie 1 which was tidied on Monday

some more - I haven't got the hang of condensing photos to a small enough file size yet.  ???

And lottie no 2 which hasn't been tidied properly yet, but does show the top of the plot with squash starting to rampage in the beds at the back (bean teepees just getting going) and parsnips at the front. Behind me and outof shot are the raspberries, potoato bed and flower bed, artichokes and leeks

They are both looking really good Suzanne. Aint it a lovely feeling when you march past the veg aisle in the supermarket. ;D

Absolutely fabulous  ;D

Beautiful morning at 0700 down the lottly for 0830 and it pee-ed  down, came home after watering mi toms :(