Just because I haven't noted here what's been going on at the Hill doesn't mean that I haven't been busy for the past six weeks. Admittedly, some of that busy has been 'busy on holiday', but furious weeding before and after times means that the plot is in reasonable order.
Turns out that my prediction was right - the runner beans *have* shot up and the broad beans *have* been wonderful! The first early potatoes are pretty good too - bit variable in size, but plenty of yield from each plant.
In an attempt to prevent so much time being taken up by path weeding, I'm going through my once-every-few-years path maintenance programme whereby I lay down some sort of weed suppressant and load up bark chippings. There's a mountain of chippings free to use, and I bought some black plastic from the store shed a few weeks ago, so I've made a start on that too.
There's still plenty of light until late into the evening but noticeably not quite so much as a month ago - and it feels like summer hasn't even got going yet either!
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