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Thursday, June 17, 2004
I find time to go down to the plot and admire the handiwork we put in yesterday. There is still some weeding to be done among the strawberry plants and the lettuces - where thistles seem to thrive. The tomato plants still look pretty ropey - withered white leaves and there is no sign of any new growth. The courgette plants aren't faring much better - a couple seem to have broken stems and look destined never to produce anything edible. The pea plants also look like they have seen better days. Most of the pods and leaves have gone brown. Maybe it's time to pull them up. The pea crop has been disappointing on the whole - we've probably only had two platefuls from the entire lot. I might try something different next year.
