Heat wave

It's been a bit warm recently. Today was forecast to reach 28°C, so with that in mine we elected to get to the plot early before it got too hot to do anything. Obviously first on the agenda was to water the plants as many appeared to be somewhat parched.

Nevertheless, many had been loving the additional warmth and had started to rocket off. Some of which were the remaining sweetcorn which had stayed in their growing trays in the greenhouse. Untangling their roots was a bit of a chore, but I did eventually get them out and put into the second sweetcorn bed. They are so much bigger than the ones that were put out last week.

The beans were also starting to get a little yellow. Possibly from the heat they were in, possibly because we'd been almost drowning them in water to ensure they stayed alive. So they also went out.

The grape vine has also recovered from the late frost and has started putting out a load of leaves. Better late than never, but I'm still not certain what impact this will have on grape production. Mind you, it's not like we get a lot of grapes of it anyway.

And we have our first courgette of the season. Only a few centimetres long and not ready yet. But it offers hope for the rest of the season.