Losing control

Well I knew that having two weekends away out of four would do my allotment no good. The weeds have won the war.

So this weekend it is weeding, weeding, weeding. Problem is the lack of recent rain has meant that any weeds with more than one inch of root are concreted in. But I did manage to make a bit of a difference.

To cheer myself up I decided to harvest some potatoes. Big mistake - the fork just wouldn't go in the soil. I did manage to get some up by chiseling into the ground and they came up nice and clean - but not a great crop - especially the pink fir apple. Don't think I will bother with them again.

However, the broad beans are the best yet - no blackfly and a really heavy crop. In fact I picked two carrier bags.

I also picked runner beans!!! Even earlier than last year - which were early.