Unfortunately, the tomato plants in the allotment polytunnel have got tomato blight. Two of the plants had to be removed altogether and many of the leaves from the others cut off. Still quite a few tomatoes rescuable but there won’t be the same crop as in previous years.
My own tomatoes at home are showing no signs of it, although, as last year, they aren’t going red very quickly. I think due to the tunnel being a bit shaded. I might move it to a different place in the garden when the season is over.
Today’s bean pick. We really are running out of people to give them to now, so many of the bigger ones will be chopped up for the compost heap. Sacriledge I know, but at least they will help fertilise the soil for the next year’s crops so not all wasted…
It is a good year for them alright. Our neighbours are being deluged with runner beans and courgettes. I think they might not open the door if they see me there with a load of greens in my arms.
I’ve dried the onions now and have put them into store in the garage where they keep very well as it is cool, dry and dark… ish… It’s not been too bad a year for them but we lost a few early on with some sort of onion mite in some of the bulbs, which I had to pull up and destroy.
One chap there grows nothing but flowers on one of his plots. They were an absolute picture but past their best now. All helps to keep the bees coming there and pollenating the crops.
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