Strange happenings on here today.

Star of the show this week is the Aruncus. The rain has made made it flop but now it is flowering I don't mind though some of the plants around it do.

Potatoes are something that has enjoyed the recent weather, mine are as lush as yours. Strangely though the two rows of maincrop Java are flowering. Can't decide what to do about my row of outdoor earlies, mixture of Casablanca and Lady Christl, haven't dug any yet as the polytunnel ones we started ...

I've always found it is the end posts that stabilise a runner bean frame not how far you push in the canes. Two good end posts with a tensioned wire between, tie the canes to the tension wire then add a horizontal round of binder twine about three feet off the ground to stiffen the structure.

Interesting you are just sowing your Winter Brassicas. The last few years my outdoor purple sprouting have been poor, quite a few plants dying during the Winter. I planted all mine out this week, six varieties to hedge my bets. The last two years I've grown a few in the polytunnel from a late sowing...

OK drought over you can stop now thank you!

Bit more than light rain here, 12.7mm yesterday and 16.5mm so far today and looking set for more.

I think it was Johnboy used to say there was no harm in letting a few of the old shoots fruit but I've never tried it myself. If they are producing new shoots I wouldn't think about scrapping them. I'd cut out most of the old growth just leaving a few that have the bigger fruit on to enjoy an early ...

Had a bit of difficulty re-filing my empty pots as I planted things out recently. A Robin has nested in the grey multi-tray in the middle of the picture, nicely snuggled down in one cell. When I first found them there it was at a precarious angle only stopped from falling off the shelf by being tilt...

Dug a root of Lady Christl today and got over 5lbs. Should make at least two of the invitees to my wife's birthday lunch in the garden tomorrow very happy, both have said they only come for the potato salad, doesn't say much for the company does it!

I've tried Bidens "Gold Nuggets" from seed this year but got poor germination followed by slow growth. When I was planting up the tubs yesterday I put the seven I got all in one tub so we'll see what happens. Mower stopped on me today in a cloud of smoke, can't decide whether to try an eBa...

You should enjoy your Veronicastrum, wonderful plants that bees and butterflies love.

First strawberries and ice cream tonight, don't think it was really the weather for it.

Rain from 10:30 to 5:00 accumulated 12.7mm. Soil very good to work with for the cut and dried flower planting out I've been doing this morning. Keeps going dark but not added any more yet.

Or even your own drainage system.