Stormy wet June

Cooler than average, wet and lots of sharp summer showers..not good for the allotment. Oh well, here some pics of what is happening on the allotment at the moment.

Herbs from seed

Flower corner

Hardening off the squashes

All growing despite the weather

Finally some strawberries

Salad

Super purple peas

Lupins

Cabbages

Cauliflowers

Massive artichoke

Potatoes

Cobnut frame

Fennel 'hedge'

Fennel

Onions got diseased, so swapped for beans / squashes

Broad beans

Sunny plot

Strawberries

Back to cool and rainy but things are growing

Heatwave is now a distance memory, back to cool and rainy weather. Never mind still got a crop of basil and broad beans today!

Tomatoes and cucumber

Broad beans

Onions and peas

Clematis

Fennel and Artichoke (left

Parsnips

Fennel

Artichoke

Carrots

Lupins

Lupin border

Cabbages

Cauliflowers and Broccoli

Sweetcorn, Mangetout and Purple Peas

Runners, Garlic and Salad

Pumpkins and Strawberries

Green plot

Balloon Lettuce

Cherry tree and flowers

White foxglove

Herb hanging basket

Tomatoes and cucumbers part 2

Plot shot

Post heatwave weeding and planting

Whole day on lotty weeding and planting tomatoes, cucumbers, hundred weight pumpkin, and bell peppers.

Heat wave of 30 degrees has turned into cool overcast days. At least it is raining again.

Tomato and cucumber frames in greenhouse