The dog has now gone home, his owners returned from holiday. We shall miss him because he was a nice dog. He was sick in my shed when I was working in there. Then he started licking it up! People say that dogs are just one of the family, I always reply "Maybe, but how many members of your family drink out of the toilet bowl?"
Anyway, back to gardening and growing pumpkins. The fourth bed was filled up today, going to need some more compost for it. So far nothing is growing apart from the weeds which are coming back now so will have to dig the last of those pesky things out soon.
Some leeks are groing in pots inside the house, these will be transplanted somewhere later on.
Its not warm in London yet, but there hasn't been much rain so things seem dry, needed to twist the water butt round so practically emptied it and watered everything I could find. It'll rain soon.
The weeds have come back, they'll be dug up again and for the final time (hopefully) before planting, the area will be cleared. It needs a tidy up, but its getting there. Rain is forecast for the next few days, but it shouldn't take long to dig up the final remaining weeds at this time of year.
You can see my helper in this photo (a rare sight) . This bed contains carrots and parsnips and some other things, the polythene is to stop Carrot Fly getting in there. Apparently as flies go this one is a bit rubbish, but it lays its eggs in soil and the worm eats carrots.
