Grow Your Own Fruit and Vegetables: This is when you begin to wonder if the weather is going to defeat your gardening abilities.

Saturday 28 April 2012

This is when you begin to wonder if the weather is going to defeat your gardening abilities.

My onions and shallots where thriving in the dry conditions, my garlic was having a good year, until now.
Now I guess next time I venture onto the vegetable plot I will be looking for signs that the wet weather has affected them. It could be that the wet weather has turned the promise of a good crop of onions and shallots into a year when I will have to purchase both with my weekly shop this year.

You can do all the right things but sometimes you need luck and the right weather at the right time.

I have to thank my wonderful husband for all the time and effort he put into helping me get the allotment 'in order'. As on my own it had been impossible to lay paths and clear some of the deep rooted brambles that we had on the plot.

Eventually with his help, we got to the stage where it had paths and looked like a real allotment. Together we created a place that was a timeless place, an escape from the modern world.

Thank you, for all your time and hard work and also for sharing my enthusiasm for digging up the first new potatoes of the year.

Grow Your Own Fruit and Vegetables

Growing Your Own Fruit and Vegetables

Saturday 28 April 2012

This is when you begin to wonder if the weather is going to defeat your gardening abilities.

a healthy potato plant in flower

home grown carrots.. grown from seed

Even a small batch of mixed fruit can be useful