Its fair to say that so far this summer in Ireland it's been a toughy in the garden. So much bad weather hindering crop growth and the slugs appear to be in heaven as they chomp away on cabbage leaves and lettuce, marigold and ...well absolutely everything if i'm honest. Its been disheartening. However there have been some triumphs and as small as some of them were they were indeed quite satisfying. Popping out to the garden to pull fresh cabbage and be munching away on it 30 minutes later would put the happiest smile on your face. Last night as many of you may already know was horrific with torrential rain, thunder and lightening and floods in many of our well loved towns. Even more disappointing was to find that one of our trees on our estate had been vandalised and pulled to the ground putting me into a temper not so dissimilar to someone suffering very badly from PMT!!! Calming myself down and (slightly bitterly) telling myself that it was "their" loss as they destroyed a means to their own fresh air I thought I had better pop out to the garden and water some of the tomato plants in the green house who are also struggling due to lack of sun poor things. Lo and behold there was a little suprise waiting for me to renew the smile on my face and let me know that all was not bad. The berries are ripening and I was able to pick just a few that appear to be ready. Whenever a door is closed someone opens a window! :)
My veg are growing nicely but I found blackly all over my runner beans. Had to spray them with soapy water in order to save my crop. I have tomatoes, cucumber, courgettes, radishes, lettuce,runner beans, dwarf runner beans and potatoes. Will try and get some pictures.
ReplyDeleteI hate vandalismn. Why people have to destroy things that give pleasure to so many is beyond me. I often wonder what they would do if someone went and trashed one of their most precious belongings. Bet they would be screaming and hollering for justice.
Hope you were not in the flood line. It has been so sad looking at all the damage it has done.
Glad to hear you are having some successes. We are quite behind here but hopefully will get there. Not in the flood line here but several towns further south suffered terribly with water damage though. So important to remember that Mother Nature is in charge of us and not the other way around.
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