End of July Assessment

Cool Weekend

Lots of weeding and reaping....

Busy day. Not too warm or rainy - but breezy!

Ok - what I did:

• Cropped Onions and hung to dry
• Planted Leeks
• Cropped Turnips
• Cropped Beetroots
• Planted juvenile Beets to replace
• Cropped Cabbages
• Tidied up a bit and weeded
• Started moving path to run down past Raspberries (better I think)

Rain, more rain but less heat...

Of down lotty today to see what all the heavy rain has done. Also, the cooler weather is an improvement - but may cause blight - so on blight watch.

Cropping Beetroots and pickling them - although seem to be eating them quicker than bottling.

Will post photos later.

It Rained!!!

Amazing a day off and it actually rained. OK, a bit weird to say, but for the past 3 months we have had only 25% of normal rainfall and Merseyside has a hose-pipe ban from today.

Bad News! 
Cauliflowers got club root virus - so had to pull and destroy. Also, the wind we've been getting has ripped the middle of my greenhouse roof - so have done a temp mend until wind dies down a bit.

Harvested Today:

• Leeks
• Garlic
• Peas

Next to Harvest:

• Gooseberries
• Blueberries
• Turnips
• Main Onion crop

Planted the Brussel Sprouts and remaining Squashes.

Other Jobs Done

• Rearranged my shed

Finally a Tomato!!!

July turns wetter

Arty High Quality Photo of 

Purple Podded Peas & Delphinium

(click to enlarge)

Well I will be away from lotty for a few days, so did a major watering last night and will have to let some soft fruit spoil - hope the courgettes don't get too massive!!

After the driest start to a year for decades and some pretty warm temps. we will be in for heavy showers, cloudy days but still some heat - so I expect a growth spurt whilst I am away.

When I'm back - hopefully tatty-time (potatoes!) and maybe the onions - although bit worried about the cauliflowers as they might have club root, bum!!!