Purple Cauliflower

On Monday night Thieves broke into the allotments.. I say broke into, as the main gate to the allotments which hold well over 100 allotment plots was obviously breached by some one who had a key to the main gate.. as no sign of damage to the Lock on the gate was done..

A gang we believe with a vehicle systematically broke into many sheds, taking Rotavators, Petrol Strimmers, Mowers etc..

Thieves- Broken Lock on our shed

Much damage was done, but thankfully someone was looking after us, I had put a prayer and crystal protection around our plot only the week before as we had some things go missing. And even though the thieves had a good go at getting into our Shed thankfully they didn’t succeed.

You can see how they twisted the lock and the scrapes as they tried to lever the door open.. But the Shed was also locked with a Key in the handle lock which Hubby had secured the lock really well with Long screws and bolts to the 2 inch wooden frame. So they didn’t manage to succeed with our Shed. but either side of us was broken into along with many more.

Here you can see how they prized off the lock to our shed

We were thankful that nothing more than a new Bolt hinge was needed to be replaced . But sadly it put many a hard working allotmenteer’s out of pocket having suffered losses and damaged sheds.

My only consolation is knowing that there are more honest folks out there than there are thieves.

However this didn’t dampen the Dreamwalker Spirit for long as I had harvesting to do.

And Here is the picture of the Purple Cauliflower

Here’s me smiling with our Purple Cauliflower and Broccoli heads.

Garlic from last years late planting we didn’t plant much this year.

I also remembered the Garlic we had drying in the shed and made short work of cleaning the bulbs to bring home ready for using

Garlic all cleaned and ready to use.

The Peas are now nearly ready also

Today the Peas are ready. but I am leaving them so my Grandaughter can pick them when she comes at the weekend

The Kidney beans are now if full flower and the bees and insects are doing their work

More Harvesting Done ~ Purple Cauliflower, Black-currents, Loganberries one courgette, Strawberries, Broccoli.

Next time as promised I will update you on the Flowers I have growing both in the Allotments and in the Garden at home.

Enjoy your weekend

Keep Smiling

And Remember There are More Good People than Bad

we just hear all about the Bad ones.

~Sue~

I hope every one is enjoying Summer as much as I am.. Here in the UK the weather is good .. High temperatures with a mixture of rain is good growing weather.

So here is my picture Update..

Loganberries

Loganberries Bumper crop

This year has been a great year for loganberries.. Last year we let the new shoots grow as they were cut back the year before.. we tied them high to a frame and then after flowering we netted them to stop the birds from eating them I have had around 8 punnet’s off and still there are more to be picked

I netted these loganberries to keep little predators at bay

Remember these Peas I rescued from the main row which didn’t do so well?

Now these peas were rescued by me as these were the only ones from a full row of many that came through. So I transplanted into one place, some are sadder looking than others as they have been nibbled by beetles.. But they will survive… We have another long row recently planted.

Well this is how they look now, the peas pods are filling out and in about a week I think we may have our first crop of peas

I have Pods on these peas

Peas second planted row

Above you can see the wired row of the second rows we planted of peas.. they haven’t done as well as last years crops, a bit hit and miss. After the rain we saw the prints of a pigeon had got under the mesh and had enjoyed taking his pick.. But that’s gardening, You win some and lose some.. 🙂

Courgettes

The courgettes are doing well too.. even though the leave have slight mildew due to the humid weather, I have had some lovely little courgettes off which I have used raw in salads which you can see better below

Courgettes in close up

The Dwarf beans are growing nicely as are the runner beans which are in flower

Beetroot and carrots

Here is the later beetroot we planted which was just weeded and thinned out.. the other rows watered are two rows of carrots and leeks .We are already pulling beetroot which we use in salads and make a delicious smoothie drink with in the morning which we have at breakfast.

more beets, onions, swedes and more beets we stager the sowing of the beets so they don’t all come at once..

Long view of crops

Red cabbage in the foreground and Sweet corn growing in the background

Purple cauliflower

Now this is my pride and joy.. its only small at the moment you can see hubby’s thumb.. and we only have two.. We set the seeds but out of many they didn’t germinate ..

The broccoli too are doing great

Broccoli

Here is what we harvested yesterday

Harvested for dinner and desert From Left to Right. Potatoes~ Loganberries~ Courgettes~ Rainbow Chard~ Dahlia’s and Sweet-peas

The flowers are doing well, except we have lots of black fly on the Dahlia’s

Dahlia

But I have had some lovely cut flowers, which was why I planted in the the allotments

And here are the sweet peas

My sweet-peas in the allotments.. they are much stronger plants than in my garden they have produced lots of bunches of sweetpeas I have already picked