What's Up, Doc?

Carrots, that's what! My nantes carrots, sown on a wet cold day in the early spring, have come good. I sowed them far too close together, and only did a little bit of thinning for fear of the dreaded carrot fly, but they have done me proud anyway. Pictured here with a cheeky radish and a baby beetroot...

I even managed to get almost half the plot weeded today, dodging showers - apart from the final monsoon when the skies opened (and it took all my moral fibre to go back and shut the gate, I can tell you). Must weed the onions and shallots this week (weather permitting) though it's so hard to avoid damaging the plants - any tips welcome! Also need to lift some spuds to make way for purple sprouting broccoli and cavolo nero.

Despite the weather, I've got to the stage where I can come home from the plot every day with produce - and am self-sufficient in green vegetables, at least at the moment. Makes all the back-breaking digging earlier in the year feel worthwhile.