16th July

I have been down to the allotment a few times this week but worn myself out doing so before i go i have to get everything else done around the house first as well as running errands for pete
It helped the weather has been good this week not too hot and not raining did more weeding which i don't mind doing if i have the time to spare , and more harvesting
first earlies are about finished now thing about 6 plants are left i dug a plant up yesterday and it produced a new potato the size of a baking potato the others were ok though be on the second earlies soon

Picked more peas this week it takes ages to pick them then pod them had to be extra careful as they have has nasties inside from the damn pea moth ..i know what to do next year to avoid them getting my peas id like to grow them again :) for now though it's goodbye peas as they have finished :(

Now I'm on to harvesting  the runner beans we had some the other night for tea they were really nice . They seem to be doing well so far lots and lots of red flowers hope they produce lots of beans i always freeze them to last through winter i would be more devastated if they went wrong than anything else as i have always grown them in pots at home and done well

courgettes are still being picked griddled some the other day in butter they were so nice

Took home a big salad bowl lettuce have lots more different varieties that should be ready soon too

All my hard work weeding this week will have been wasted as today's rain will send them shooting up again not complaining though need some good rain and it saves me from spending ages watering everything

ill add more pics next weekend it's changing so much and i want to keep a monthly diary to compare against next year :)