Pretty much what I was expecting for today, though the morning reading was lower than usual for some reason. The early afternoon reading was unusually low, and didn’t I know it? Fortunately I’d done the errands that I needed to drive for in the morning.
The most important goal of the day today was to get the garlic lifted. It’s been a very humid day and there wasn’t much pleasure in being in the polytunnel, but eventually I got all the plants into a wheelbarrow
And from there it went onto a mesh over one of the (almost) empty compost heaps to dry.
As I was already feeling somewhat dehydrated I decided that I might as well return to the polytunnel and plant out a handful of cucumbers.
That done, I planted out six squashes amongst the sweetcorn plants. I don’t know what all of these are, so it will be fun finding out 😀 It would be nice if one was Crown Prince as I didn’t do a second sowing of those as I had no more seeds.
Staying outside, I weeded my carrot bad. Carrots have been something of a disappointment so far this year. I sowed about eight rows and this is all that germinated.
So having weeded, I sowed again. I’ll try to water them regularly this time.
Once the heat had died down a bit I got back into the polytunnel (and in fact the polycrub) to sideshoot the tomato plants and check they were properly supported by their strings.
This turned up whilst I was weeding my carrot patch today.
I think it’s a Speckled Wood caterpillar. Probably not the same as the green one I found back in May because that was very much more vibrant in colour. I read that this one likes to feed on couch grass, in which case it’s in the right place 😀
Normally I don’t worry too much about “best before” dates on food. If it kills me, I won’t be complaining about it. I think this ricotta cheese might have gone a bit too far though.
This time in the polycrub. They’re coming up all over the place!
of Giorgia Meloni, but I’d have to admit that if it came down to having to guess who is telling the truth, I’d likely pick her every time ahead of the Mango Mussolini.
Why am I not surprised that having failed to win the Makerfield by-election, Frog-face Farridge is immediately blaming others, whether that be people who want Starmer out as PM (regardless of whether it happens or not) or people who voted for Restore Britain instead.
Perish the thought that it might actually be down to Reform UK Ltd. selecting a candidate who turned out to have a quite unpleasant history and who, frankly, needed no help in making himself look an idiot on Question Time. And I thought the grifter-in-chief told us that they now had very strong vetting policies in place? Perhaps what he meant was that they were making sure they excluded anyone who had an ounce of decency or compassion.
Morning, early afternoon and evening…
150/96 was quite unpleasant, I have to say.
No idea what this is that has appeared in the polytunnel over the last couple of days. It has a powdery white exterior and underneath appears brown.
Got through a fair bit of planting out today — half a dozen different types of lettuce, and two types of beetroot and leeks. The lettuces are next to my (podding) peas and whilst working there I noticed that peas are on their way 😀
Surprise, surprise, I also did some weeding, removing lots of creeping thistle sprouts from a small area that I’d cleared only two weeks ago.
Loads more stuff to do tomorrow. With a bit of luck I can chug through a whole lot of it before the weather gets unpleasantly hot on Sunday (according to the forecast).
