Rain rain, go away.

[ang_rosin]

Saturday morning I ran in and watered the tomatoes in the greenhouse before shifting them round so that they sat under the holes in the roof. Last night I ran in again to check they had enough water and to drop of a wheelbarrow that Dad "found" [1]. The sitting under the gaps plan has worked so I'm not as concerned as I was.

The potatoes are still in fine form, as are the garlic and shallots. The other rows of vegetables are more noticeable although I can see that there's going to be some serious weeding needed when the rain stops. Now for the disasters...

Saturday I quickly stuck some netting over the peas but it looks like the pigeons have just been standing on it to eat the leaves and the pumpkin plants I was given but couldn't do much with have been severely nibbled. The PTIACJA is as tall as a 3 year old child and looking at me menacingly. This is now top of the list of things to do at the weekend and will have to be dealt with, rain or no rain. As will the planting of lettuce.

[1] It looks like it was abandoned by some builders given the set concrete around the inside!

Comments

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Make sure you spend several mornings/evenings going round with a sharp knife before putting the lettuce in.

Richard has been so efficient at slicing slugs in half that he could only find two on his last expedition. Our newly planted out runner beans are untouched in spite of the wet weather.

And the birds can eat the sliced slugs without any worries about being poisoned by slug pellets.

[ang-grrr.livejournal.com]

I did have a good slicing session last week while there was a gap in the weather . I picked up everything that could have lurking slugs underneath but I only found 10-12. Either all the slugs are lurking in the undergrowth at the other side of the allotment or my powers of slug-fu are as yet weak.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Look in the open as well. Morning and evening one a day with very gentle rain are the best times. Richard can find a hundred in a good session, though we do have a lot of undergrowth and plants to attract them.

Once the runner beans have reached safety height, we will leave the slugs alone - that is the only thing they really damage in our garden.