What a strange season
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What a strange growing year this has been, Planted 40 climbing french bean seeds only got 6 plants, as usual on the allotment I planted 4 x 30ft rows of Greenshaft peas, 2 rows grew to 18ins high the other 2 only 9ins high with a total crop of 1 1/2 pounds. 5 rows of Desiree potatoes yeald only 2 bags, last year I got over 5 bags,courgettes failed miserably yet sweetcorn,leeks,swede,parsnip carrots and especially cabbage and Brussell sprouts are doing well,
Also 4 years ago I bough 12 new Raspberry canes last year they started dying off this year I lost the lot.
Never mind there is always next year to look forward to.
Also 4 years ago I bough 12 new Raspberry canes last year they started dying off this year I lost the lot.
Never mind there is always next year to look forward to.
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hydrangeas did well, as did all the flowers, I think the hot dry Spring got things going quicker, some of the flowers were over quicker than usual. Penstemons were cut down and bloomed again so that was nice.
The carrots and lettuce have done well, as did my first try at Markies late potatoes.
The spring onions were plentiful, but finished early.
The cucumbers and tomatoes are still going, even though the cherry toms plants failed.
The most disappointing was the raspberries, huge crop last year hardly enough this.
The bumper crop was plums 38lb from a dwarf tree, and none had been attacked by wasps either.😁