Lotty withdrawal symptoms.....

With all this rain and with a MANIC week at work - there were two obstacles in the way for me to get the lotty and I was suffering - BIG time. I felt wierd, like something was missing from my life! I had to make do with reading my vegetable growing books. How sad.

I worked 10-12 hour days and the weather only seemed to be sunny in the mornings. Depressing.

By Friday I had had enough - at 6pm on the dot, I donned my gardening attire, grabbed my trug and raced down the lotty as fast as my own two feet could carry me.

I couldn't believe my eyes on arrival - my lotty hero Derek had heard (or had it been mentioned by another lotty hero ?) that I would need another bean wigwam as I had been given Cobra beans by Jamaican George, and low and behold, Derek & his trusty spade had cleared me an area big enough. All I had to do was de-root it, which I did with gusto.

I then found some old small branches and placed them around to match the Runner Bean wigwam. The sign that I bought in Sainsburys which was inteded for my pumpkin / courgette bed was placed in this bed as it seemed to make a nice fininshing touch.

So, something small acheived for this week at last.

I also thinned down my runner beans as according to lotty wisedom, I had too many plants round a cane. The extra's I popped back into the ground in a clump just outside the wood edging and will put a sign next to these - Free to a good home.

Today is Sunday 1st June and I woke up to rain. However it does look as though it is brightening up and the forecast says that we will have sunny spells later, so I am off to the lotty shop now to purchase some 8 ft canes and a tall man!

I would also like to clear a small area to put my tomato grow bags down, and plant my "normal" tomatoes into. My Marmande & Cercise are doing very well indeed and I even know what to do with the side shoots - thanks to Mavis!

Will update later......