I,v dug up a family of mice

Yes today I,v continued with digging the ex-sweetcorn and bean patch when around six mice darted out from under my spade and into the discarded foilage. when I continued digging Ifound I had killed one with the spade ! neighbours (ones with nibbled corn) thought I should have finished the lot off ! by mistake is one thing, on purpose is quite another.

It worked I,m well away now

This week I have been sorting out the strawbs. I have been really brutal ripping out plants that were still fruiting ,in september!! I was delighted to see a lizard scuttling away 1st I,v ever seen in the wild. Today Ian went up with me and we dug up the sweetcorn patch, I,v had loads off them this year thanks to plastic bottles. here is a pic of them protecting the cobbs


and here is the difference between the covered and the uncovered

cabbage patch on half plot

another attempt at posting a picture from photo bucket. it works every where else. I really am a confused grannie

It,s been quite a good year

07 has had it,s ups and downs, breaking an ankle mid march was def a down! the rainfall we had
saved a lot of watering which seems to be good for a lot of things including my still weak ankle but it did bring potatoe blight on very early . I only grow 1st and 2nds because blight gets bad on our site and this usually misses it but as they went in late and blight was early some of mine got caught. should have enough to last a few months but will have to watch them
Putting a plastic bottle on the swollen cobbs of corn was a success and I have enjoyed eating unprenibbled corn this year unlike the last two
blue moon french beans have been very poor but the runners after a terrible start of the saved seed rotting and having to get new, produced bag after bag until they gave up at the begining of september. I think perhaps the delayed start of the other root crops was a good thing as they missed aprils heat and grew well right from the start. most brassicas did well exepting caulis and broccoli nasturtions def helped lure the cabbage whites from them. onons did well ex spring ones and leeks funny aint it different needs i suppose