I’ve definitely been putting off going down the allotment on the basis I knew what I’d find.  This happens after every holiday we go on because in such a short period of time everything goes mad.  Especially in July.

The grass was mown before we left, it’s now half a foot high in places.

The weeds are about 6-9 inches tall (average) whereas in places some are around 3 feet.

The broad beans have been decimated through my lack of attention.  There’s very few leaves on them, so they are now just tall thin twigs with fat pods on.  Not a total loss, but I have no idea what to do with them now I’ve got them.  I’ll be searching for recipes at lunchtime…

Squash have gone mad.  The paths are unwalkable on due to the trailing stems.

Sweetcorn seem to have generated cobs.  I’m not sure what they’ll be producing, but the beans are happily growing up them.  There is blackfly all over my beans as well though, so I’m going to have to go mad with the soap spray.

For the first year the raspberries and logan berries are looking well established.

The lettuce looks like it has bolted.  Nevermind, better sow some more.

Asparagus bed has once again fruited.  I was under the impression the season was over, but we’ve got plenty of tall healthy stems about 4ft in height!

Chillis are bushing up nicely, but our tomatoes are looking a bit ropey and small, they’ll need a fair bit of attention.

This opinion of my plot is over a five minute period this morning.  Gives you an idea how compact everything is at the moment!