Hello Again

Apologies for the absence over the summer – I blame a combo of being really busy with managing two gîtes, client’s gardens and trying to do our own extension! Plus I’ve been trying to not spend too much time in front of the screen.
My summer has been pretty difficult in the garden – fungus gnats ripped through the early seedlings and then blight took out all the tomatoes. This will be the first year without enough (or indeed any) sundried and passata for the year. Everything else has just been painfully slow to grow on. Oh well! On the other hand the soft fruit has been epic, especially blackberries. Constant rain in June & July followed by a hot dry August is clearly to their liking.
Off for a long read and catch up, now. Happy gardening!