Just before we left on the trip we are currently on we had to do some serious work on our allotment. If you have an allotment it needs really regular care and we just did not have the time for a few weeks. When we arrived, from a distance it looked really healthy. Up close it was a huge crop of poppies and other gloriously vibrant weeds.


We dug and pulled and had some major assistance form the little people who dug their little hearts out in a clearish patch, digging a large hole to somewhere! Aunty Vonny had got them some "them sized" tools for their birthdays. A whole heap of fun right there!

After an hour or so here is what there was left..... a pretty sorry sight!

Can anyone explain to me why slugs and caterpillars like our veggies and not the attractive poppies?

We have very little left and we know for sure, being gone for a month and a whole heap of rain , that our garden will be glorious once more with weeds. It is not all bad news tho! The stuff in the green house and in pots are growing well. We left loads of pots with our allotment partners to water. Thinking the heavens will be doing that just fine for them at the moment. Cucumbers, tomatoes, chillies starting, onions and garlic.

On this trip we have really enjoyed eating fresh produce from folks gardens and visiting one or two! Over here the heat is both a blessing and a curse. They can grow so much more, it seems, but at times the heat is stunting growth too. And while we have to deal with slugs, and next year suckers, we will be ready, so ready, friends here have to deal with larger challenges with four legs and a big appetite. Deer!!