Lottie News!

June is a busy month on the allotment with crops starting to be harvested in earnest and lots of watering to be done. And although I had a tough time in my personal life I still managed to keep up with the fruit and veg picking. I should say that it was the magic of mother natures bounty and my lovely Lottie that had kept me sane these past few weeks. I'm so very grateful to have it.

The 'Eddy' Peas were coming thick and fast, a variety I'd not grown before. I had quite a task of clearing the last of the Broad Beans ready for the next lot of veg to be planted. Almost 12 kilos of Broad Beans of which most were frozen to be eaten later in the year. All my Garlics were pulled, a bit early in fact, both the hard neck and soft necks because they were showing signs of rust, again! 😠 This is very annoying as I'm running out of places to grow them. I heard that you have to wait three years before you can plant Garlic back in the place you had rust.

There was another bumper harvest of Redcurrents and the Blueberries are proving to be the best yet. I also had nearly two kilos of Dessert Gooseberries that the Geezer hubby picked for me as I hate the thorns. They were so sweet you could eat them straight off the bush. Yum!

While covering up some of the first early Potatoes I discovered a buried egg! What will Mr. Fox bury next I wonder.

The poly tunnel was beginning to fill up and I got my first ripe Cherry Tomato from the hanging baskets, which is always a treat. And lastly I did my last plant sale of the year at the monthly Barnes Pond fair. I've told myself I won't do any more, but I'm sure when April comes around again next year I'll have changed my mind. I have to admit I do enjoy doing them even though it's a lot of work.