Because of weather and social commitments, I've been away from the allotment most of July. In the meantime the bad weather brought the tomato blight, and today I had to pull out all of my tomato plants - now I have a basket full of green tomatoes for chutney, hooray! But a handful managed to ripen before doomsday: see photo below. My lettuces all went to seed since I last seen them, a shame because they were looking good at the beginning of last month and earned me compliments from my allotment neighbours. But at least I have managed to get this handful of lollo rosso and rocket leaves. On the plus side, the cucumber was a total surprise: I thought I had bought courgette plants, and I didn't think thy would have survived the slugs and snails!
If the weather had been better, I would by now have sowed more salad leaves to have a succession, but since it's been so wet I don't have anything to replace the dead lettuces (and tomatoes). I may sow some autumn/ winter quick crops, or buy plugs; I haven't made up my mind yet. Guess it depends on whether I get another dry-ish day to go digging!
Meagre results from the wettest summer ever
Esta es mi unica cosecha del verano, de momento. El tiempo ha sido penoso, y he estado fuera varios fines de semana, con lo cual hace cosa de un mes que no voy. Los tomates cogieron una plaga y los tuve que levantar; estos de la foto son los unicos que tuvieron tiempo de madurar (con Los verdes hare conserva, yuju!). Las lechugas y la rucula echaron todas semilla y se pusieron amargas, solo se salvaron las de la foto. Pero lo que ha sido un exito es el pepino: yo pense que las plantas que compre eran calabacines!
El problema que tengo ahora es que no tengo nada con que responer las lechugas y tomates. Si el tiempo hubiese sido mejor, tendria un semillero que transplantar, pero ha llovido demasiado. A Lo mejor compro plantitas para el otono/invierno, ya vere.
