It was a hot week tunnel with temperatures hitting 49, it was toastie in them.

The tomato and cucumbers grew over a foot, and we had to go in twice during the week to get the side shoots off...

Again, this year we planted all our squash plants without using mulch film.

For years we have laid mulch before then planting the squash plants through it, it helps keep the weeds at bay and...

All the crops in the tunnels and the field are looking good, and harvesting is in full swing.

This season started around 3 weeks later than usual, just with the colder than usual May.

But...

This week was all about weeding, weeding and more weeding.

The leeks and onions are easy to get into with the weeding machines and the bed weeder, but the brassicas crops are a different matter.

The...

But the weather forecast was looking really bad to say the least, and was forecasted to last all week, so it was not looking promising. 

Finally I got the John deere rebuilt, but the delivery of the new water pump was delayed because of the bank holiday weekend, so it never arrived until Tuesday, much later than expected, so it was a...

 I had said last week that we would have a new van driver called Scott taking over Andrew’s deliveries, well he decided he did not want the job after being on the van for two weeks with Rab...

This week we have a new van driver starting.

Scott is taking over Andrew’s deliveries, and was out with Rab the last two weeks, learning where the deliveries are, and how our delivery books...

 One job we need to do next week is plant the tomatoes and cucumbers, they have shot on in the greenhouse and are ready for planting.

I already have the tunnel rotovated, we now need to...

Another good week of weather and more planting done in the field.

We now have all the early leeks, and all the onions planted one hundred and twenty thousand plants.

With the weather heating...