I’m looking forward to the sunshine that’s forecast. The croft has returned to it’s usual muddy state, it would be nice if it dried out again. The ducks do love having a full pond but the poor chickens prefer it when everything’s dry. It’s Uig Gala this weekend, hopefully the weather will be good then as well. We’re having a stall there again this year, last year it was a really fun day out. Dylan somehow managed to successfully guess the weight of a huge fish and we spent days eating trout based meals. This year I’ll be encouraging him to stay away from large sea creatures. If he could guess the weight of a cake that would be nice.
I’ve planted my emergency broccoli, so far they are unmolested by slugs, if they do make it then maybe there will be green broccoli this year. If not the purple sprouting still looks pretty good although the wind last week did knock some of it over. I’m hoping for a few more cabbages as well.
The green caterpillars are gone from the greenhouse and Polycrub. Instead there are brown caterpillars. I think they must be Red Admiral as I saw a lot of these butterflies not long ago. Amazingly these brown caterpillars are not eating anything I’ve planted, instead they’re munching on some nettles that I’d failed to eradicate from the Polycrub. Earlier in the year there were some aphids in the greenhouse, these were ignoring the tomatoes and congregating on a few rogue thistles. Maybe leaving a few weeds can be beneficial, that’s my excuse anyway!
This week’s Croft Shares will have:
Small – potatoes, tomatoes, courgettes, French beans, blackcurrants and garlic
Medium – potatoes, tomatoes, courgettes, sugar snaps, kale, beetroot, blackcurrants and garlic.
Large – potatoes, tomatoes, courgettes, sugar snaps, kale, beetroot, blackcurrants, onions, chard and garlic