When I go walking I pass a lot of wild blackberries. Clearly it’s the climate for them in this area — even the carefully cultivated berries in my own garden are thriving.
We also have vegetables, and these have not done as well as in previous years. A large part of the problem was that the garden centres were still closed when we were getting ready to plant and consequently I ended up attempting to germinate whatever seeds we had to hand.
Many germinated, some didn’t. Of the seeds that germinated, a fair few didn’t survive being transplanted into the garden itself.
Still, we will have plenty of courgettes this year and the one pumpkin plant that has survived has just sprouted a flower — hopefully there will be more to come. We also have a fair bit of sweetcorn growing. No cobs yet, of course, but the plants themselves are growing very strongly indeed.
We also have weeds. Far too many weeds. I really do need to start getting these under control otherwise nothing is going to survive until autumn.
Wish me luck.
Lightly Seared on the Reality Grill 
Best of luck. Fancy doing my weeds next.
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Thanks, I really do need it.
I’m afraid your on your own with your weeks. My own jungle is already more than I can cope with — and it never ends. As soon as I have finished, they start growing again!
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Last week I cleared a 3m square patch of weeds. Already the weeds have returned. Never ending. I guess the only solution is to win the lottery and employ a team of gardeners or sheep.
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It’s the same here. I can spend all weekend clearing weeds and they’ll all be back by the following week.
We have chickens. I’m sometimes tempted to let them loose on the weeds, but I suspect they’ll eat all of the vegetables as well.
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