Wimbledon calling

Missed an allotment day yesterday as it was time for Rebecca and I to have our annual trip to Wimbledon (lawn tennis association that is as she goes to the town every day). We have had some queues over the years but nothing like yesterday, more than two hours but it was well worth it. We got in at 6.30 and after wandering around for a bit, settled outselves courtside to watch Fernando Verdasco beat Benjamin Becker (shown here in action) in 5 sets. Very nailbiting to the end as it was 7 games all and Becker served a couple of double of faults to drop his serve. It was so late finishing I think Verdasco won by having better night vision.

Anyway, back to the allotment today, and last night getting home at midnight was nearly matched as we were still gardening at 10pm. Everything is growing beautifully but we both have long arms from carrying so much water. We now have four watering cans so that we can make trips back and forth from the water trough with one in each hand. The potatoes are all in flower and another month we should be digging the main crops. We are going to give the earlies a try this weekend as Katy has already dug down and found one in her spudbins. One bit of good news is that the bird scarer is back in position as you can see. We have planted out 30 broccoli but have not had a chance to finish the brassica cage so have a massive CD collection suspended at the top of the allotment to stop the pigeons eating the lot before we get a look in.

A bit of a photo montage to follow to show how things are doing.

Aubergine. I didn't know what this was as it looked like some sort of diseased growth but it definately is an aubergine.

Plum tomatoes. I am not sure but I think these are called Vintage Wine so they will be a really deep burgundy colour and the packet said they are delicious.

What will be a prize winning giant pumpkin.

Peas. We could pick them now and eat as mange-tout but I think we will let them fill out and split the pods to lovelly little peas.

Yellow courgettes, ready for picking and either cooking or eating raw. There are some red onions that are large enough to pull and a lovely crop of basil so that might be supper tomorrow.

Finally, a medley of goosberry, raspberry and loganberry. There would be more raspberries but we both make an excuse to walk past and eat a few.