Spent a productive two hours this morning in the sunshine. Reassured by a more experienced grower who came over to commiserate on the size of my garlic (all growth, no action) saying that its been a really bad year, and the weather has been against us. He lost most of his early garlic – so at least I’ve got something, even if it is tiny. Onoins are looking good.

Round #2 of beans have gone in – this time dwarf borlotti and black-and-white kidney. These were started in the back garden and have been planted with lots of slug pellets. Hopefully this should deter the pests.

The soil really hasn’t recovered from the dry April we had. Despite digging in loads of organic matter, the rain doesn’t seem to stay in the soil, leaving it dry and very clumpy. Oh well.

Dug up the first couple of potato plants, and at least they are showing signs of something, there will be potatos for tea Strawberries are also ripening (hooray) both on the allotment at home.

And finally, I’ve put in my squash and pumpkin plants which were being ignored at the bottom of the mini greenhouse.

On the plus side, whilst untidy, this year at least the backgarden has flowers!

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