We're all doing it!

I can see that I’m going to have to mind my p’s and q’s round here from now on! Hot on the heels of cheery Brian & Pauline’s blog from plot 20b, John (the-plot-down-the-bottom) is at it too! I’ve added a link to his blog on the right hand side – I love to see the views of the different plotholders & it’ll provide a rather more rounded view of our allotment community than just my two-penn’th!

I would have said some nice words about John & what an allround good egg he is – & how he’s always got a friendly word, & his enthusiasm for whipping up the community spirit at the Hill (including organising the seed swap & cataloguing the library of gardening books & magazines available to all), but I won’t as he’ll only be embarrassed by it all, I’m sure. Ha!

Today has been hot & muggy, & sure enough we’ve had a thunderstorm this evening. Only enough to tickle the surface, but extremely welcome, nonetheless.

I went to the Hill in the fresh aftermath of the storm to pick a few FRENCH BEANS (early warwick) to have with my salad for tea, and decided to dig a few of the POTATOES (edzul blue). These are second earlies, & the haulms have died down showing that they are ready to dig. I have high hopes of these for the show – talking of which, big sister Helen confirms that she will be here for that weekend (hurrah!) and 'should she bring a cake?'

No!

Honestly, it's bad enough facing stiff competition from the others on the site without my own sister beating me hands down! Actually, she can bring along some of her homegrown raspberry jam if she wants to win something – although I may enter my concrete consistancy blackcurrant & raspberry that I made the other week (on the 'if you have it you must show it' principle), it is rather unlikely to earn a winner's certificate anyway...