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Janet Baraclough wrote:
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This is one of my periodic checks into usenet groups. Rather discouraging
all 'round, I must say.

Hello yourself. Don't give up. Sooner or later, the weevils will bore
themselves to death and turn into compost.

All of them, rather than just their brains? I look forward to that.

How was the spring in Scotland? It was rainer in Maine even than 1983, (my
former standard against which I judged rainy springs) I'm reluctant to
pronouce on the summer yet---

Spring? You had Spring? :-)

Quite :-(

West Scotland had a mild damp winter almost up until July, which has
been warm sunny and dry. Everything in the garden just sat there
sulking for two months and was very late getting started. I reckon my
beans should fruit round about late August, and the sweetcorn in time
for Christmas. Herbaceous flowering stuff is all looking wonderful
though.

Very similar here. My broad beans are a complete disaster. The
earlies didn't set, and the current ones overripened before they
swelled _ I am wondering whether to leave them to ripen properly.
I planted a very late lot, as an experiment, and the weather went
back to winter, so they mostly rotted.

My sweetcorn may be OK, provided that we see the sun again before
2006, which is not looking likely at present.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.