I went down to the allotment after work primarily to pick the strawberries before they rotted in the ground due to the continuous rain we have been having. 

There were plenty of raspberries so I started to pick and eat them.  I did manage to take a couple of pound back home. 

The peas have filled out really well due to the rain.  I have podded (taken the peas out of the pods) some of them already.  I think that I will sit infront of the tv and pod the rest.  It is still raining and quite cold and dark outside. 

Most people complain about the British weather but I don’t.  I like it when I can grow easily.  No need for watering at the moment.  The runner beans are beginning fruit now and there are several about 14 - 15 cms long.  After washing off the blackfly aphid at the weekend, I thought that I was going to be free of them at least for a while.  However, they are back again.  I will have to spray them again with water to get them off the leaves and flowers. 

As you might expect, the sweet peas have shot up.  I took all the open flowers off at the weekend and put them in a vase at home.  Their scent is amazing.  It fills the house.  The plants are flowering again but still only three blooms on a stem at the moment and they are nearly at the top of their canes. I would really like to have all of them producing four or possibly 5 flowers on each stem. 

Picked some more radish and rocket and then went home.  �

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