I was puzzled about my potatoes yesterday so I cut off some leaves and took them round to the guys who know what they are talking about (and manage the committee) and they confirmed Blight. Oh No!

Its only on the earlies but could spread to the maincrop potatoes, tomatoes and aubergines - and I only put those in on Saturday :(.

I cut off the tops of the earlies (luckily they are Swift - very earlies - so should be ready). In fact I dug up 3 plants today, and although they obviously could have produced a few more pots, those 3 plants are already a better size and quality than any of my crop last year, so I think we'll be OK for new potatoes.:D

I grow earlies and lates, not 2nd earlies because we can't eat them that fast!

The allotment guys did a tour aronud the plots yesterday and lots of plots have got blight, I went off to buy some spray and sprayed the crops I've got left, and when I got back, all other potatoes on the site were tinged blueish with the spray. Seems word got around - hopefully faster than the blight.:|

I'll be SO dissappointed if my tomatoes get it because I lavish them with lots of love and attention. I've got sweet peppers to plant next week, and they can get it too.

Sigh.

My autumn planted garlic has got rust as well, so they'll have to come up too. Lots of plots have that as well - I thought I might escape things doing the rounds as my plot is on the end and sandwiched between an overgrown plot with plumb trees and on one side and more trees on the other.

The other weird thing was that I turned up on Thursday evening to find big footprints though my sweetcorn patch. Where could they have possibly been going - hedge at end, trees/brambles and stinging nettles either side ??? I don't lock my shed, and don't leave anything interesting in it. Who knows.

The local infants are coming back for a look around the plot - I hope there is still something left standing. They planted onions last time they were there, and they are still upright and green. ((cross fingers)).

I don't blog as often as I used to, I'm outside a lot 'tending to things'. I guess it will quieten down and I'll get back to recycling and light bulbs. I have taken my eye off the ball, I forgot there was no choir at school today so they had to call me to collect my eldest, and then I forgot the time for cubs and he was half an hour early. Poor Soul!:roll:

And I'm getting my little one christened. I wanted to use the club for the party afterwards, but husband vetoed it because there is football outside, so I'm having it here. I've got 6 days to try and get the place looking like we live in a lovely family home, not the disgusting mess it really is. I've moved a few tons to the loft so far, washed all the sofa covers and shampooed 1 carpet.

I really hope its a nice day (the garden is fine..)

See ya:yawn: