Garlic Harvest!

In between the rain showers we harvested this years winter-planted garlic. I haven't had to buy garlic for the last 2 years, and hopefully I won't have to this again this year! 

It looks like we'll get a bumper crop of blackcurrants this year. The branches are so heavy with fruit that some of them are touching the floor. When the currants on these branches are ripe (as you can see below, some of them are already) am I going to cut the branch off and harvest them that way.

The loganberries and raspberries are desperately in need of some sun. The fruits are there all waiting to ripen but nothing seems to be happening. The 10-day forecast is for showers and a high of 15C, so I am beginning to lose hope :(

We grow some borage (Borago officinalis) or starflower, each year and lo and behold some new plants have sprung up around the plot. The flowers are so pretty (open and unopened as below) and the bees love them. 

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Will I ever be able to visit the allotment?

Arrghhh...the rain. It has done nothing but rain. Managed to grab all of 10 minutes at the allotment on Saturday before it started to rain :( However, the weather forecast for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday is good, so I am really hoping that I can get some things done. I went to the plant stall that comes to our local market on Saturday and everyone was complaining that things simply aren't growing - courgettes, spring onions, and first early potatoes being the most common complaints. Anyway, after I get Ethan's sports day done and dusted tomorrow morning (weather permitting), I will hopefully get something done (also weather permitting)!