Full Metal Wheelbarrow

We had a little rain overnight, but it was still very hot and stuffy today, which made it harder to motivate myself to go and Do Stuff on the allotment. But I got my backside in gear eventually and filled Roley Poley Oley,(my rolling water barrel) and trundled him down to the plot to supplement the rain barrels. They'd been topped up a little by the rain, but not enough to make much difference.

So as well as feeding everybody with Wazza Whiz, today did a bit of hoeing and now my herb beds look like actual beds again rather than outposts of the Great Weed Empire. My purple sage has gone bald in the middle though. Plenty of healthy growth on it, so time to take some cuttings to replace it with if I can get them to root.

The first flower buds are appearing on the runner beans and the broad beans have started producing pods - better late than never I guess! Artichokes will be ready any day now.