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Dug a row of Charlotte potatoes today and they'd been touched by blight.
Most plants had an affected tuber, some had many, a few had none.

The worst affected tubers were like bags of custard with added rubber for stretchy sticky yellow slime in a paper bag.

The worst thing was the smell.


Could be the worst thing I've smelt in a long time.

Know just what you mean Peter. I must have bagged up a couple by mistake when I dug my Foremost and the same thing happended to me.
Disgusting. A job for the week-end to check on the rest.

Beryl.

A couple of weeks ago I found a dead rat in the polytunnel. Rather than throw it out where the hens would have been at it, I buried it in a vacant bit of border, fairly shallow. A few days later I walked on the border, heard a crunch - then the stink

Certainly topped the smell of blighted potatoes

Cook had something boiling on the hob earlier.

I was very tempted to reply to that OH, but thought better of it!!!!

Beryl.

No supper again OH!

Westi

oldherbaceous wrote:Cook had something boiling on the hob earlier.

Your socks perchance?

You're braver than me Peter.

Beryl.

Seems Peter was absolutely right

I don't seem to have any secrets any more.

Ah never mind, we still love you.

Beryl.