Sunday 4 June 2017

Summer - Here we come!

Good afternoon Allotmenteers.

I hope you are all well.

Exam season is now over, so my focus can now move back towards working on the plot.

I took a trip up there today for a look at how everything is coming along.  I haven't visited for a week, having been a hermit and stayed in to revise.  Everything there has grown another couple of inches over the course of a couple of days.

My sister and brother-in-law spent the day weeding every bed yesterday before their holiday.  Today we have seen that the weeds have grown back in one night of rain!  This time of year you really have to keep on top of things!

We have planted some sunflower seeds in pots today, and have put them in the greenhouse, after all the ones I planted in the ground have been munched.  The butternut squashes have started to come along from seed, and we hope to get these in the ground soon over our arch.

The flowers we planted from seed, (Nicotina and Pertunias) have now grown big enough to be planted around the plot and in pots on my deck at home.  I have been nicknamed "The Flower Girl" by one of the old allotment resisdents, who feel flowers are a waste of growing space, but I find them to be worthwhile as companion plants and the attraction they possess towards bumbles.

We need to save the bees!

Now I have more free time, I will try to produce a more regular blog.  Happy growing everyone! :)