Summer Harvests

This year has most definitely, been the most difficult growing season. The wet spring and early summer, the lack of warmth, the strong winds. The only real winners on the plot were the slugs. Copper rings, planting plugs rather than directly into the ground, broken egg shells – all failed. The only thing that seemed to help was cheap lager. Eventually covering the plants with mesh and constantly topping up the cups, finally got things growing…

The lost battles meant that some veg seeds had to be sown 3 times before they outgrew the pesky molluscs! This led to delays – we probably lost a month this year, being ready with veg boxes by July. It’s a real shame, as on so many other levels, we really had made progress. Lois, Rachael and Jess were able to put in time and organise the plot, and us volunteers. The beds were carefully prepared, Roger’s compost applied, weeding carefully undertaken. We have all learnt a lot.