Hi Judie,

How nice to know that I am not the only foreigner! Welcome to the Vine.You are not that far away from me, about 100K but what a difference in the weather! Today has been windy and sunny with only one or two showers that didn't even make the ground wet, just made me run for cover for a few minutes. The week in general has been warm (Max 19 and Min 10) and once again DRY, only 3.3mm of the wet stuff but the sun is not as strong now so everything is standing up to the dryness better I have dug the first leeks and lifted my levitating carrots. They were good but the slugs were beginning to have a feast! First signs of the dreaded Cabbage white caterpillars, even so not really that many and they all responded very well to the 'thumb mark 1'. The last few days have been spent clearing the beds next to the house and covering them with black plastic. The builders are arriving next week to re-render and point the outside. The lottie plot now looks like a nursery, and very pretty too.