Blimey it is lovely being caught up...well I almost am, just one more side to do some minor weeding but today I got the last of the big weeds out & did some sows to fill the gaps so all 8 beds sorted....the joy! (Well a lot of the joy was finding baby plants hiding in the weeds looking perky &am...

Made a good impact on the weeds today, but no doubt they will be back as this is the third time I have weeded the asparagus & back beds but it could be sorted if the plots opposite did some weeding. One is excused as his wife had recently died & I will pop over there with my hoe when I finis...

Yah! The runner canes are secured & stood up to the wind without a hiccough! I was so lucky that not one wee plant got squashed! Thanks all for your excellent advice. Spent today in the tunnel getting the rest of the toms planted, setting up the tom supports for when they grow & filling in s...

Off to the plot tomorrow after a couple of domestic days. Wind hasn't been too bad & rain eased so hopefully the runner frame is still standing. It's getting a bit tedious sorting it out on every visit & wasting a lot of time so getting behind on my chores. I put the extra posts in & tie...

Went to the plot despite the weather report & it was lovely. Mind I just got in the back door at home & down it came so some luck there! Once again the runners frames were down so that put me behind before I even started. I don't think I have much more plastic coated wire to secure it but I ...

The local weather keeps changing it's mind, was a bit of drizzle tomorrow then to rain, back to drizzle then breezy etc. I think I shall just change my day down to Tuesday to be sure as rain risk is lower then. (Hmm weather just changed again to some heavy rain showers on Tues)! Only job is planting...

Cheers OH for the advice, I did have a great metal pointy thing that I would whack everything in with, but it disappeared. But I don't think it has gone missing but been thinking & last time seen was in a bucket in the little metal sheet with the canes, but I also moved some of the fine netting ...

I jinxed myself mentioning the runner frame standing yesterday! Both frames were flattened but I didn't loose any plants just lost time so toms didn't get put in but they are all looking perky. Since I was down that end I also managed to clear the raspberry beds & found a spud growing & got ...

Looking forward to checking the plots tomorrow. I anticipate my beds that flood will be full but that could be handy as I want to put the watercress in & considering the amount of rain I should not have to put a dripper up for a while. It always makes me giggle a bit when I prep these bed as the...

Stopped raining for a bit now but forecast saying another 3 days of rain & thunder, so plants will be very well watered & hopefully very happy & perky. I'll slip down on Friday to check as it's mostly a drizzle day & I want to make sure things haven't blown around & I have a few ...

I am going to have an overload of squash & pumpkins. I have my own bought seeds & some saves from OZ which I have planted out & then today the guy in the 2nd row dropped off some more plants. I gave him some plants last year as I had an overload & a fox visit so he repaid me today. F...

Really pleased there is 'proper' rain coming as I plan to go down early as usual & I will do my normal watering regime just to help the 'proper rain' get down instead of running off. Just a few replacement sows to do in the main area & then I will move down the back to weed & water under...

The heat is certainly hanging around still especially in the tunnel, immediately walking in I started sweating. It said 40.1C at 7am so no real chores in there except watering. I thought it was a wee bit extreme for the little seedlings to be that hot so moved them outside on the staging so a wee br...

I managed to get the runner frames up today & I did need to do quite a lot of watering to get them secured; with one or two extra little canes around some as kinda did overdo the watering, but probs already secured as still very hot. My 2 neighbours were having a bet on how long it will remain s...

Well warm on the plot even at the silly o'clock I go down. Went up & down & gave everything 3 waters as soil still rock hard & dry but when I went around before leaving the beds looked like they had not been touched. Might be no rain on the horizon but fortunately the temp is dropping af...