Weeding does take up many hours but at this time of year, ditto with the harvesting, ‘though who’s complaining.

A bumper crop of tomatoes, cucumbers, marrows, chard, aubergine, beans (Cobra and Borlotta), beetroot, turnip, sweetcorn, basil, spring onions and raspberries.

A mixed morning, sun and showers, yes rain.

We did have time to harvest. Harvesting and sorting into shares takes quite a while, particularly as crops continue to produce well as shown here, Buffalosun tomatoes.

The cover over the onions has worked well, so now they are dry enough to be divided into shares.

Obviously we need as much compost as we can make. Mowing grass and “good” weeds is helping fill experimental compost bins, layered with manure.

Weeding is a constant job as we use no harmful sprays, while tidying plants such as squash takes a fair amount of time.

As usual (fortunately), tomato plants are cropping well and our harvested “take home” boxes are full to overflowing.

The last day of July, another good harvest including the first time we’ve grown chickpeas.

Examples of two harvest “take home” boxes, a week apart.

Onions and garlic have been harvested and are drying under cover.

New veg are being planted, while the sweetcorn is progressing, spring onions have grown well – but it’s a real race with the weeds.

News – we’ve had some rain.

So much for saying everything is progressing well. A bed (11M x 1.5M) containing cauliflower plants covered with enviromesh has been decimated, probably by rabbits..

Fortunately they’ve not found other produce.

Some vegetable seeds have not germinated or just sporadically, so there have been second sowings but now everything is progressing well and needing much weeding and watering in this continuous dry spell, today being helped to harvest by pupils interested to see our communal allotment.

A quick report. Purple sprouting broccoli producing well.

Leaf beet seedlings appearing, sown in a poly for transplanting outside later.

Radishes growing well under cover and lettuces – have grown well!

A glorious spring morning with much to do, from harvesting to digging, rotovating, adding manure, sowing seeds, plus onions and shallots, as well as watering; we’re experiencing a spell of dry days.

Blue sky, sunshine, warmer temperature and only a slight wind, so –

with several hands (and step ladders, wood battens, screws, spades, etc), the poly has been covered.