A Flying Visit

Sun for the Sunflowers

Now for days the sunflowers have needed to go out, and everyday iv sat at the top of lotty trying to find a suitable place in the sun for them. Well I finally made a decision and planted them next to Mels apple tree. If you've ever seen me try to dig up bricks from around lotty you'll know why I opted for stones instead, though it looks very pretty encircled by pebbles. Each of us had 3 sunflowers which John and the Blur planted with spaces between in their pots so they were relatively easy to separate. Not me, no, I planted mine in the same hole, so when it came to planting just one I had a bit of a problem. Needless to say the only option was to rip them apart, it'll be interesting to see if its survived its rough handling.

Mushrooms and Melons

Just to update, I planted a cantaloupe melon outside recently, not sure as to what would happen as its a tropical fruit and not best suited to our climate. Well so far she has survived, she had a little bit of a wilt to begin with but perked up after a day or two. We have more planted inside but for them to fruit they'll have to be hand pollinated, im hoping that the bees will do the job outside if we get to that stage.

As for the mushrooms, im not sure what to think. There were lots of spores initially which seem to have disappeared now. There's one mushroom just under the surface, but no more that I can see. At the time of planting we had no manure, so used blood, fish and bone instead. This may be why they're not growing as they should be, i'll give it a week and if there's no more visible mushrooms i'll start over using the manure this time.

Pork Cobs

Just as we'd finished the sunflowers and started to pack away John arrived with the pork cobs. Mmmmmm Pork Cob Thursday is a great addition to the week (though im not sure the Blur thought so.) Thanks for the Cobs John.

And Finally

The tomatoes are getting fat, so give them a week or two and they'll be ready to eat. It looks as though it wont be long before were relying on Lotty for a fair percentage of our food, which is a relief as im fed up of trying to decide which of the supermarket veg is worth eating. So what if our inside courgettes are a bit lumpy and bumpy, I'll bet it tasted better than anything you could have bought, especially in Johns bolognese.