July 2007 has officially been a wash out! Looking back at the pictures of 2006 its hard to believe that this time last year we were up on the allotment, tops of, hot and sweaty with the hose pipe out trying to stop everything from frying! This month, due to the weather, I have been lucky if I've been able to get anytime on the plot, except to go and water the greenhouse, or dig a couple of blight ridden potato's up!
The only things that seem to be enjoying the wet, and warmish weather are the flowers... 
All the Jap Onions were dug up at the beggining of the month. Despite 50% of the white ones going straight on the compost heap the red onions seem to have faired much better in the wet weather... and they are REALLY strong flavoured! You cant help but have tears streaming down your face when your trying to cut them!!! 
In the bed where they were I've planted out some spring cabbage, and a block of swede's, with a row of various types of lettuce running down the side.
In the current brassica bed everything seems to be lush and green, the Japanese cabbages have all been eaten now, runner beans are in flower - although no actual beans yet, cauliflowers don’t seem to be doing anything but growing leaves, sprouts are just starting to bud up, and my turnips and Swedes I planted out earlier in the year just seem to have stopped doing anything! 
Sweetcorn, small but with its tassles starting to form... 
Leeks are doing alright
The remaining 2nd Early Cara's - showing advanced signs of blight! These I hope to harvest at the weekend, then cover the bed in a good deep mulch of chicken manure, to be dug in come Autumn and plant my onions in
Parsnips... all 4 of them! 
Spring Onions, tiny but tasty! 
Spring planted onion sets seem to be ok, and are swelling nicley
Blue Berry bush is covered with fruit
Nice clean path.... can you tell it was the allotment compertition this month! 
The `Sunflower Wall` - no record breaking hights this year, I think the biggest one on my plot has only reached about 3 foot so far... 
Sun Flower starting to develop
Blight struck outdoor tomato's!
Champion Pumpkin under construction... 
... so far seems to be under control! 
My neighbours plot, showing his potato's wiped out by blight!
By comparision my main crop still look relitivly healthy, although since every plot on the assosiation has blight its only a matter of time.... 
The Salad Bed
Still nothing happening with the carrots - either from the first sowing - or the second, so determined to have some this year I've sow some in a bucket in the greenhouse! - I'll let you know how they do... 
Pond is staying suprisingly clear
My `patio` outside the shed surrounded with herbs and flowers
The apple tree, laiden with apples
In the Greenhouse - I'm keeping the door and lourve vents closed on this to try and keep the blight out! Luckly as its not exactly red-hot weather this doesnt seem to be affecting the plants! 
Thursday, July 26, 2007
End of July
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2 comments:
hej Dug, your plot sounds similar to mine. I've been away for a couple of weeks (holiday) and am wondering whether I've had blight whilst I was away - tops have totally disappeared from my Rocket and when I dug some up yesterday they are brown, squidgy and rotten - but the ground is really hot and humid, so it could just be the rain. Argh, this year is a wash out for me I think.
Hi, really enjoyed reading your blog - i've just harvested my onions today - just wish i had a little something to go in. Never seem to have anything ready! Would be nice to see more posts!
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