Well this was supposed to be a great post with lots of pictures but as is usual for this time of year time has run out a lot quicker than I expected!!In a couple of hours we are off on holiday so the allotment ha got to take care of itself for a week. I have someone watering my greenhouse but other than that it should be fine.I was hoping to get some more peas sown before I went away but that didn't happen although I did get the butternut squash and cabbages planted out so it wasn't total failure!! Also got a little tidying up done but didn't have the camera with me to take any photos as it was already in place to be packed!I'm hoping to get time during the week to do my weather watch but it won't be for my area as we are off to Wales so we shall see how the weather is over there.We are only gone for a week so I'm sure the allotment will not perish in my absence and I look forward to see if anything has happened with those melons upon my return.Hope you all have a good week, wherever you are and whatever you are doing!!
Well I think the easiest way to describe the weather this past week is....'changeable'!!!Is that even really a word???We have had brilliant sunshine, freshness, humidity, heat and cool though nothing that requires more than a light jumper....oh and all of this is happening throughout the same day every day....the good thing is the gardens are getting a good watering...the bad thing is this is feeding the weeds nicely too!!!!Oh well, I won't complain to much about it...I'm getting washing dry if I'm quick to get it off the line and I am not lugging watering cans about so there is a plus side to everything!Now onto the mystery fruit/vegetable.Well it is indeed a fruit which most of you should have known the minute I cut it open, for those of you who didn't know then, well if there are seeds inside then it is a fruit!!The only person who got it right...and then they had a question mark was 'Out on the prairie' It is a pumpkin...I know it isn't the shape a pumpkin is supposed to be and I don't know how they will look once full grown but that is what was planted. It is near a marrow and courgette plant to maybe this has something to do with it and something else has been born from cross pollination...I guess only time will tell and I will keep you all informed on how it turns out.Nothing much to report from the allotment side of things though I'm hoping to get a little work done up there over the next couple of days.Hope you all enjoyed the game...what do you think of the answer??.
