Thursday 30th October
Did two hours in the church garden this morning, in beautiful sunshine. Then went straight on to the allotment. OH NO!! My beans have gone!! It's been very cold these last few days, there was even snow in some areas, and they're looking very sorry for themselves, with the leaves and many of the beans hangly limply. Actually I managed to find a few which had escaped the frost as they were on the inside and somewhat protected. I think that will be it now though - till next year. The chilli plants too have all gone. I can't understand why the beans are affected so severely by the frost, but not the weeds - pity! I did lots of weeding down by the grape vine. The soil was very wet and sticky, so I tried to stay off it as much as possible, and just pulled out the larger weeds. I pulled out some of the biggest weeds from the other half, and made a new pile for burning. Maybe we'll have a bonfire party. I'm not sure that the weed killer I put down on Monday will have much effect, as it rained heavily on Tuesday. That'll teach me - I'll have to look at the forecast next time.