Reclaiming the Plot

At last, the sun is shining so we were able to go down to the lottie. Just got back from 3 hours hard work (6 hours really because we were both working). This is the time of year when there is a lot of tidying up to do. We had to ditch all the tomatoes because it has been so wet they couldn't ripen and so they got the dreaded blighty, Terry and Yvonne's tomatoes, meanwhile are happily ripening in their conservatory.We also had to rescue the lavender which was too wet. The patio is clear now that the tomatoes have gone... good!! We constructed a new bed ready for the mizuna( a Japanses type of lettuce) and Japanese onions which we will overwinter.( I think I'm turning Japanese) We also pulled up the onions so they can dry out before we put them in netting and hang them in the shed. (Last year, we foolishly left pears and potaoes in sacks and boxes in the shed to store them, and they were all eaten by rodents) A lesson learnt there!!

Whilst we were weeding, Tony and Alan from next door, gave us a lovely marrow and me some earache about not working as hard as Plum although I explained that I was supervising. Barry(next plot but one) gave us some advice about when to move our gooseberry bushes (between November and March before the new buds form). While we had a mid morning break, our Robin came to visit us. He comes so close you can nearly touch him. Then, as were getting ready to leave, we bumped into Hazel who was merrily chomping away on a delicious cob of freshly picked corn. We asked her to pick as many rasberries as she wants as we have too many already frozen . She said se will make jam with them. Speaking of Hazel, we have to thank her for giving us the idea of cheering up our plot no matter what the weather by using some children's brightly coloured balls, making a slit in them, and sticking them on canes and then putting netting over them to keep the pests off. It is a really cheery idea. Just off no to get some bark for the path we have made this morning and our seeds for next year.