Furry Blighters

Bunnies.  Cute furry things.  Love to see them hopping around with their little cotton tails and washing their little faces with their paws.  Shame they like beans.  Little b***ers have taken the tops off most of my climbing and dwarf beans, love em.  Went to the plot yesterday in lovely sunshine with wonderful optimism to find carnage and weeds.  Mostly.  After 5 minutes of frowning and a few choice words and nearly handing in my allotment keys, I realised this is a war and I am not prepared to let bunnikens win this one.  So up went Fort Knox, the dwarf beans had a thick gauge wire covering and the row that had been most damaged had a protective covering of chard leaves, for some unknown reason the bunnies do not touch the chard (maybe because they are covered in stink bugs and even I dont like touching them...)  Then a 4ft high chicken fence around the whole of the bean plot.  I'd like to see them get in there now.

 



Whilst I was having a hissy fit about Peter Rabbit and friends, Simon was having a depressing moment in the greenhouse.  Got a bit warm in there, nearly 50 degrees.  And with potential over loving of his chilli plants (aka overfeeding) he has some sorry looking chillies.  The sort of sorry looking plant that loses all its leaves when you shake it.  Most of them are OK though so not all is lost.  The greenhouse door is now being left open (and its rained ever since....)  You cant win with the British weather.

Otherwise all is growing really well.  The weeds mostly.  Spent a good few hours weeding the beetroot bed and managed to find one or two.  Loads of poppies though, so will have few beets but at least the plot will look pretty!  Someone has moved into the strange shaped triangle plot that is next to us (the one that was created when the hedge was removed).  They are working very hard, looking good - lots of things for bunny wabbits to eat before they reach our plot.

Hops are over the top.  Because thats what they do.



And fruit area is fruiting lovely.  Should be lots of juicy goodness to make wine out of.  And there is no chance of blighters getting in there.



And to end on a pretty note - the first tomatoberry flowers.  :)