The Allotment Working Party & BBQ

Perfect weather for the allotment working party & BBQ today – though maybe a little too hot when it came to moving the hedge cuttings to a bonfire area, LOL! Still, after a good two hours’ slog, the joy comes with a lovely BBQ and beer, hurrah!

Seriously though, we had a fabulous time and many thanks to the allotment committee for organising us all. Meanwhile, back on our own allotment, we have the first of the asters:

And the sunflowers look amazing – particularly when a gorgeous yellow butterfly landed on one of them:

The one pink dahlia in bloom this week also looks quite cute:

The lettuces are doing well and – so far! – aren’t getting eaten by the slugs which is great news. I’m not even putting slug doom pellets on them any more and still they survive …

However, the news with the sweetcorn isn’t so good, I’m afraid – even though we’ve netted them and they should be ready to harvest, some evil creature has still eaten the lot. Oh well …

Today’s harvest is potatoes, beetroot, a lettuce, a cabbage, French beans and runner beans, gladioli, sunflowers, the asters, a few sweet peas, carnations and pelargoniums, plus the autumn raspberries:

Here are the flowers at home. I think the asters really make a difference to a vase, and I’ve put the sunflowers in with those from last week, which are still going strong!

Have a good Sunday, everyone!

Anne Brooke Books

Tulip Finale and the Allotment Party

Have popped to the allotment twice this week including this morning as it was the Allotment Working Party today, hurrah. Lots of fun and communal mending/tidying up followed by a BBQ and cake. Perfect! A big thank you to all those involved.

Anyway, we’re getting to the end of the tulips this week although there are still one or two to come. The lilies are out in force now, though not yet in bloom:

And the gladioli are getting there …

In the world of vegetables, the shallots are on their way:

As is the asparagus ..

And the mangetouts are hanging on in there:

Here are the two harvests of the week, which include rhubarb, tulips, asparagus and the first of the sweet williams:

And here are the flowers at home:

Have a lovely Sunday, everyone!

Anne Brooke Books