June

We are not having much luck with the cucumbers!

The first plant simply turned up its toes and died on us.  We couldn't see what was wrong - until I pulled it up to replace it.  It had no root system at all!!

The second and third plants were doing quite nicely.  Until we had an extremely windy afternoon and evening and one of the plants got snapped right off.  So now we have one cucumber plant, one pumpkin and one butternut squash in the first bed.  I also have some watermelon, zucchini and more squash seedlings in the greenhouse.

Although - it has been getting quite hot in the greenhouse and we can't keep the seedling watered.  So I've moved them up into the propagating tents. The plastic has weathered on them so they are sheltered from the wind on the sides, but the tops are now open to the elements.  But they seem to be doing all right.  I must getting around to potting them on, though.

The flower garden is very pretty at the moment, but it is in a sad state of disarray.  It desperately, desperately needs weeding, and all the paths have disappeared.  I just don't seem to have the time or the inclination to do anything about it.  The orchard and vegetable gardens are looking ok, though, although the raspberry, gooseberry and currant beds could do with weeding too.

In the meantime, the Under-gardener has been industriously digging on the allotment.  He's doing a fine job indeed.

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