Fending off encrouchment

Lovely day today with clear blue sky in the afternoon with the siwfts flying really high. Emptied one of the trays of my wormery. Also cut back a vine, bindweed and bramble coming over from my neighbour's. Dorothy has never been very good at weeding the edges of her garden and I have often to pull up her bindweed (though it goes in a bin so I get the benefit of some of her garden fertily), ann cut down seedling ash trees. She is also surprised if she cuts something down if it grows again! She is now in ther late 70s and slowing down. She is letting the bottom half of the garden go and concentrating on the bit near the house. A friend suggested I ask if I could use it. In theory, yes, but I am not sure I would have the time to tend extra space. I certainy haven't got the time to do the clearing that is needed. The loganberries are nearly over. I won't be going out to pick them to have with my breakfast. I will just treat myself to the few I can find when I am out in the garden. Hope to tidy the shed tomorrow evening. It feels a bit strange to be expecting another dry day!

Tardy Courgettes

This morning I recorded in my perpetual diary my first loganberries (4) and saw that on 25 June 2008 (ie 4 years ago yesterday) I picked my first courgette. The only courgette this year that has survived the snails and slugs is still small, leaves not big enough or tough enough to put off slugs and snails if they get over the slug collars. And they have managed this for the other 2 courgettes and the pumpkin, which are now just stalks! We've had the rain, but not much warmth. Hopefully as time passes everything will catch up and we won't have early frosts to shorten the growing season the other end!

loganberry

Picked my first loganberry this morning!