Not that I'm easily excited or anything, but after several years of total pea failure, I'm rather thrilled to have spotted these two young things today. I know, I'm a bit sad, but the truth is that I'm a haphazard and disorganised gardener who, the moment she arrives on the allotment, forgets everything she has spent hours reading up, and who invariably loses and forgets the crop rotation diagram.
I will spare you the neighbouring stunted sweetcorn or the mysterious missing brussels sprouts. Last year the carrot seedlings disappeared, but this year they are thriving in their sand-filled barrels, and the second-attempt French beans are swarming up their canes in a spirited fashion. Even the experimental soya has sprouted at last, although as I know nobody who has grown this before, I have no idea what to expect.
You can see that the weeds in the background are doing pretty well too.
3 comments:
Well! Very well done all the same. I do sympathise, I have a similar track record, however... have you ever tried growing courgettes? They seem almost fool proof in my experience, and I should know!
Oh yes, courgettes are standards. Blink more than once, and they're marrows. Favourite joke on our site is for the old codgers to hide a huge marrow under my baby courgettes and wait for me to be startled. Never fails to amuse them.
Peas? Already? We must be very slow up here this year - except for the weeds. I'm longing for something young and summery (vegetable that is.)
Did notice the gooseberries looked promising. Can't get excited about goodberries though. all that top'n'tailing as a child.
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