We had rain...

Not the small splatter that only settles the dust, we actually had a decent downpour for a day or so that has given us a respite from the endless watering.

The courgettes are still cranking out far more than we can eat. So they're being given away to anyway that can take them away. But now the Toms are starting to crank out some decent sized fruits. And for a change we managed to get some of the sweetcorns that are edible... however the popcorns have only produced small powder-tasting cobs. Guess they're going to be ground into cornmeal.

But we thought we'd have a go at pulling a few carrots and see what they're like this year. Now we haven't really had much success with carrots over the years, and this year is the first time we've tried planting directly in soil, so we did wonder what we'd end up with.

So these are four carrot plants. They look like a cross between and alien from outerspace and a dodgy hentai movie. Still I reckon they'll taste pretty good anyway.