A good soaking

I was up early again because of the Collared Dove that likes to coo-coo from day break. I had a leisurely breakfast then loaded up the car for the lottie. I put some crates and a basket in the car as well. When I got to the lottie I had already decided to dig up the last of the early spuds. I had four row left. I set about them in the usual manner, working methodically from one end of the row to the other. I had thought that the soil would be fairly wet given the amount of rain we have had this week. What I found way that the soil was damp in the upper layers but deeper down, say three inches, the soil was bone dry. I found that a bit surprising. The four row yielded two full trays. In the last week the spuds have bulked up which must be down to the rain.

The cabbage patch is looking good. I had a look over the cauli's to find that two whole rows were ready. I harvested four but it did not make much difference. It is the same old problem, glut or famine. What do you do with thirty cauli's? The Spinach has gone over so I dug them all up. It has left a nice space between the cauli's and Marigolds.

I did a bit of hand weeding. The weeds have loved the rain. I picked some of the Peas. I tried to pick just the pods but kept pulling the vines out too. So I just cleaned the vines away and picked the pods. The compo bins is filled to the brim with potato haulms, pea vines and cauli leaves. I started on the broad beans are was ignoring the rain but it got heavier and heavier and then it belted down. I made a dash for the car but it was too late I was soaked. I went home for a dry out. I had spot of lunch but could not bring myself to go back to the lottie. My excuses was that I figured the surface of the soil would be sticky. Whilst having a brew it threw it down again as if to reinforce my decision.

I decide to have a look at the BMW. I tidied up the garage a bit and made a start. Have a look at the bike blog to find out what I spent the afternoon doing. The Sagely one and his good lady had invited me, H and Miss L to a BBQ. The rain stayed off, we had a nice time and just for once I came away from Steve's jolly instead of legless. I had to behave because I needed to go to the car boot on Sunday morning and collect some more goodies from the lottie.