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Baz wrote:
Tell us anyway. Let us all have a laugh at this horrid year and put it
behind us.

I'm in the middle of a currant-and-gooseberry feast, thankyouverymuch.
And I think the first semi-accidental courgette (which was grown
deliberately
but has rooted itself into a garden planter before I could plant out on
the
allotment!) has its first fruit forming

My courgettes are doing well. The ordinary green ones have a bit of mildew
but it has not affected them and have some fruit forming. The round ones
and the patty pan are not quite so advanced but have no mildew and look very
healthy.
My bro made a frame about 2 ft high with nylon netting stapled on and we
planted them on mounds with plenty of chicken poo mixed in, under there. It
seems to have worked. It's the first time I've grown them for years and the
best I've ever had - they are growing like triffids.
Almost everything else is a washout. French beans had only just been
planted out when we had the hailstorm and they were badly damaged. I flung
a bit of bit of blood fish and bone round them today to encourage them.
Runners are slow but some flowers on the first ones although they are only
half way up the canes and look pale so they got some bfb too, they haven't
got big enough to reach their roots down to the trench we dug full of
goodies for them to feast on "in dry weather.."
Coriander doing well. I had a nice sprinkle of it on my home made curry
tonight.