Time for the visiting of Flower shows!

Notice the hand prints on the fence?

Interesting working area

Well hot foot from the Malvern Spring Flower show and bursting with new ideas and plans for the plot!  The weather could have been better but the sun did shine in the afternoon.  But nothing could dampen the enthusiasm of the school children that had designed and produced their show gardens.   It was amazing what they did and they were so keen to tell us all about it too. I really liked 'George's Marvellous Garden' by Burlish Park Primary from Stourport-0n-Severn, naturally based on the Roald Dahl book of George's Marevellous Medicine.

Loved the funky orange chicken!

There was a very interesting talk about allotment tips from Terry Walton, of Gardening News fame, he has an allotment in Wales and good to hear that even the professionals have the same problems as I do.  

It was illuminating to hear his comments about the productiveness of courgettes!   As no doubt all of us that grow the said veg have been swamped with the little green/yellow darlings and not known what to do with them - well all recipies are gratefully recieved and will be put on our cookery page.  A prize for the one that uses most courgettes in one go!   I have managed this year to stop the under-gardener from growing more than 3 plants but only by letting him grow tomatoes this year.  

Last years's crop got blight but this year he's trying a blight resistant variety 'Fantasio', bought last year on our trip to the Suttons Nursery and an old variety called 'Auntie Madge' from the Heritage Seed Library.   http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/hsl/variety.

Good to see Hilda planted up on the plot and looking fantastic in her bunting.  Hope to be up the plot at the weekend, weather depending of course, still have lots to do.   Replace the carrot seeds that never made an appearance and check to see if the parsnip seeds have decided to show, mind you it has not been the best weather to sow seeds in-situ so think I will sow in modules this time.  Oh and may even go and watch the 'Olympic Torch ' as it passes through Bodmin, invited them to go via our allotments but they didn't think it was a good idea!