The plot looks a mess. Hardly surprising when neither myself nor The Wife can get to the plot to keep it tidy. Fortunately not all is lost. The seedlings in the greenhouses have been regularly watered by our wonderful plot neighbours. So they're relatively safe, albeit a bit pot bound. But now that I'm feeling a little better I can get down the plot a bit more regularly. But I still can't do much.
At first glance it doesn't look too bad.
But as you look a bit closer you can see that the grasses, thistles and bindweed is everywhere.
The onion bed by the shed is now just a mess of thistles. No chance of getting through this any time soon.
And the wild area at the back under the apple tree is now a wildflower haven.
Which is not so bad really as the bees absolutely love the Phacelia.
It's going to take a while to get things more manageable. I think we have to give up on the apple tree area this year. No way we can do anything with it without major intervention. Something we cannot do for the foreseeable future.
But we can make a start on the courgette bed areas. So we did. We managed to clear them. Or I should say, The Wife managed to clear them. Though I did dig the holes to plant the courgettes. Even this action left me short of breath. Not easy working on 40% lung capacity.
In the greenhouse the Pak Choi had bolted to seed. We did manage to get some of it before it went, so it's not a total loss. We've chopped it as a "cut and come again" option, so we may get second helpings if we're lucky.
But there is one consolation. It's now strawberry season. And The Wife's Strawberry Empire is really starting to prove it's worth.
The first of many to come...
Glad to see you back, David.
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