Back from hols

I came back from holidays last Sunday night. Not too early on Monday I went round to the lottie to see what there was to see. Happily not too many weeds. The french beans have done well. Plenty to harvest and still plenty to come. To my surprise there were some caulis that were just about to go over so I picked them. The calabrese was just right so I picked that too. The seedlings that I planted out just before my holidays have grown on well so we will have green stuff over the winter. As expected the little courgettes from before the holiday are now the size of marrows. The sunflowers are looking good although they look out from the lottie rather than inward. I was chuffed to find the turnips seeds had germinated. I hope they will grow on quickly in this warm weather we are having.

Apparently it rained whilst we were away so the weeds have been encouraged. I have a green fuzz across the lottie so I must get the hoe out. The star performers are the grapes. The grapes have bunches with grapes the size of marbles. They were pea sized before I went away. The vines have not grown uniformally but I think that is due to competition from the trees in the fence line.

I looked in the muck bin because from the outside it looked like the level had dropped. I lifted the lid and sitting there was a young grass snake. So I can add "snake" to the list of produce from the lottie.

There are a few tears in the netting so a repair job is needed. The next job is to dig up the main crop spuds. The rain has wet the soil so it should be fairly loose for digging. It was like concrete before the holidays.

I had a little fishing outing on Friday down the canal. I bagged a few fish but Steve was hauling in loads. I think he was netting them whilst we weren't looking. It is too dark to fish by 8.30 so we packed up and repaired to the Railway. It was a very pleasant end to the day. A couple of pints sat in the cool of the evening, chatting with mates and listening to the hiddly diddly music played by folk musicians in the snug. It is Moira Furness Folk Festival this weekend hence the band.