Wednesday, 29 June 2011

Lavender & sweet peas

With all the rain we've been having the allotment is romping away. Unfortunately that's both the stuff I've carefully planted, nurtured, and cosseted and the rowdy, weedy, grassy natives wanting to reclaim their territory.

As I'm working away lot I don't have much time to devote to the allotment and Sunday morning was the first chance I had to see how things were faring.

Not too bad all things considered. I harvested a mountain of shallots. Perhaps too early, but with all the rain we've been having I was worried about them rotting. I also don't think they needed to get any bigger! (More on those in another post.)

The broad beans are also romping. I had to resort to spraying them last weekend to get rid of all the black fly. Normally I managed to avoid using chemicals, but needs must unfortunately. We also came home with courgettes, spring onions, and blueberries! They are a first for the plot.

This year though the allotment isn't all about food. I've been trying to grow cutting flowers with varying success. The plot is definitely more colourful, but I'm not getting enough to fill vases. Except for the sweet peas... they've turned out to be real crowd-pleasers.

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