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Just about to go up there.. will need the Factor 30 I think...  :)

06.00 made like Santa Claus for an hour - hoe hoe hoe

07.00 fed chucks and changed their water

07.30 3rd breakfast - raspberries, goosberries and strawberries

Praying for rain - water butt is empty

Life is good

well yesterday i put the frame together for the toms in the greenhouse i had to make extension for my cucs to grow up they have grown so well will run out of space for them soon ive attached cords along the roof now and hoping i can continue there growing spree in the eves .
watered the garden at the back where my corn are soil was a Little dry under the membrane toms are doing well gave them a little potash feed .
watered runner beans with comfrey feed / Tea

I also found some begonia bulbs i planted but forgot where stumbled on them so moved them to a more appropriate place

Yesterday I started in the garden at 9am and apart from 2 x half hour breaks worked until 6pm. So, what didn't I do? :) I weeded, dead headed, dug, planted, mowed the lawns and then did almost the same to young Lorna's garden next door.  Finished up by watering both gardens, I really enjoyed my day, for once I had no pain with either my "dodgy" leg or sciatica. Wanted to get jobs done before I go off on Friday for my few days trip to France.

 :) ate gooseberries, blackcurrants and redcurrants and peas, and picked loads, planted out sweetcorn, watered greenhouses,had a cuppa with a lottie neighbour,was given some eggs by another lottie neighbour, gave some tom plants away, was given a apple drink by another lottie neighbour and some cake, dug up some garlic

we've had a lovely day  8) 8) / shades x

Cut three Greyhound cabbages (one to eat and two to freeze), some Italian Sprouting Calabrese and badgered hubby into helping me water  :)

Spent all day on plot.Did a bit of everything, all looking good,had a great day. Harvested 2 caulis, pots, spinach and raddishes.

Too hot, did some watering, and talked to my friend.  Got given some spinach, one courgette and picked some peas and carrots and sweet peas, raspberries and strawberries from my allotment.  Saw Joe Swift doing some weeding, think they are going to be filming again soon, that is probably why he is getting rid of the mares/horsetail.  (Someone said, 'are you going to film the weeds, not me but I thought it'. ) Got home to watch the tennis and feed the cat.

Going watering shotly after tea...  :)

 Picked a collie, cabbage, radish, lettuce and a bag of spuds, first time this year I have felt uncomfortable on the lotty with the heat mind you I was digging up a couple of raised beds to make way for my Fruit cage for next year, :)

planted out sweetcorn, butternuts, and more runner beans, OH harvested gooseberries, strawbs , blackcurrants and tayberries
;)

Took sister-in-law up to the lottie and she went away with courgettes and a cabbage!

Linda

Not so much today as yesterday as have finally managed to chase off the "black dog" so:

emptied, cleaned & tidied the green house, potted up tomoto & capsicum plants
Sowed sweetcorn seedlings, french beans, peas, leeks, cabbage seedlings & carrots.
Took & potted on fuchsia pinchings.

Feel quite good with myself

CC

picked the first of this years outdoor tomatoes ;)

noticed my kohl rabi, turnip, swede and purple radish are showing their heads above the soil, found a part of it dug by the allotment cat, i forgive it, not had much trouble with mice this year  ;D
picked a couple of pounds of strawberries, peas, baby carrots and parsnips, pulled some shallots, fantastic year for them. Planted up some red bull sprouts, lettuce  and calabrese, sowed some carrots and transplanted some lettuce little gem and cos into pots to get a bit bigger before i let them loose for the slugs  ;D

went and picked littlelegs second breakfast and then had a cup of tea in the hut. Didn't get as much done as i would of liked (spent to much time gassing ;D)but gave everything a good water. Just seen the news i think london got our rain as well as theirs! :o

You ain't kidding.  :o      ;D ;D ;D

Barrrowed some council manure on to my plot.
Harvested spuds,shallots and peas.
;D ;D ;D

Sat in someone elses and ate and drank. ;D Came home with a Judas tree seedling though. :D

Harvested beetroot, lettuce, shallots, red and white onions, strawberries, gooseberries, coriander and garlic, plus some sweet peas. Dug up a few first early spuds (Pentland Javelin) - good sized tubers but not many of them. Dug up the last of the Aquadulce broad beans. Sowed some cauliflower seeds and planted out some more parsnips and peas sown in modules. Also planted some Pink Fir Apple a friend didn't want - will be interested to see if they come to anything, planted so late. Mucky and sweaty, but happy, after a solid afternoon's work.