I'm sure I'm not alone in being fed up with the unseasonal amount of rainfall we've being having over the past few weeks. On the plus side, I have two overflowing water butts, but the poor waterlogged plants need a little less of the wet stuff and a lot more warming sun's rays instead.
Strawberries which were oozing with flavour a little while back are now decidedly watery (they actually taste much like many shop-bought ones as a result, but I expect better of these!) Raspberries are still reddening, but again, lack that vital punchiness.
The lettuces above are ones I'm trialling for Garden Organic and they're doing really well: I mulched them with grass cuttings ages back to keep the moisture in (which seems a little redundant now) but whatever the secret was to their success, they're merrily growing at quite a rate.
There's been plenty of weeding done by my two new volunteers, Maria and Victoria, which has been great as I've been able to come along and plant out the brassicas and leeks etc. without having to weed the beds first for a change. David's changed the compost over to the other bin, as we were full to overflowing, and it looks pretty well rotted already, so that will save us a bit of money.
The maypole is up, with the beans ready to climb (I think they're on hold waiting for the sun as they don't seem to have moved much since I put them in) and spinach seeds have been planted underneath. The turnips have also been transplanted, mostly to the high raised beds in the hope that the slugs won't spot them all the way up there.
Peter and I began on a living flower display for a friend's wedding, which has proved to be a lot more work than I anticipated (and taken up a lot more flowers). I completed the second display today (and my back is not thanking me for all that bending) so fingers crossed that the sun will come out and give it a boost so all the flowers come out in time for the big event at the end of the month.
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