Had a root around my potatoes - Charlotte are ready to start lifting but my Lady Christl still hadn't flowered although planted on the same morning, so decided to investigate further - imagine my horror when I lifted a plant, expecting nice smooth creamy tubers to discover round tubers with pink / purple eyes
Not a happy bunny. Whilst I realise that maybe I should have checked the bags before they were loaded into the hopper on the planter, the bags were still stitched and labelled when I received them. My supplier is now investigating whilst I try and determine whether what I have got is a second early or maincrop - it better be a second early of some description or there will be blood spilt.
Anyway got over that and picked my first full box of courgettes including two yellow ones - that's two more than I got last year !!
Planted up another 50 or so strawberry runners, pulled some shallots and put them on my drying nets, started weeding my onion rows but got bored pretty quick - don't mind weeding but the soil is rock hard at the mo and the weeds have a bloody good hold - will wait for some wet stuff to arrive first before I go at them again.
Checked my broadies and ny peas - if we geta decent amount of rain between now and next weekend I'll be in full swing I reckon.
Finished day off by lifting first 25kg of Charlotte.
Went back out at 9pm to water and close up polytunnel as it was too hot to do it earlier on.