Rain

Downpour last night. According to the local weather website, it was falling at the rate of 54mm per hour at one point. Makes a welcome change, especially as it was overnight.

colorado beetle kept trying to eat the potatoes

Yikes Judy - are colorado beetle notifable in France too? (they are in the UK)

We have had rain off and on since yesterday, funny that, as we invited some friends for a barbecue. That's a sure way to make it rain.
 Oliver

Colorado Beetle: No, the little b@@@@s seem to be rife here, not notifiable either. I used a tip from another organic gardener, and mulched the potatoes with grass clippings. Pulled off the CBs by hand, for a few days. Luckily they seemed to dislike the new surroundings and disappeared to make life miserable for someone else.  :shock:

I made some yarrow tea today and will be spraying the tomatoes and pumpkins tomorrow - stops mildew.

Mushrooms are appearing everywhere so I think I'll go mushroom hunting and blackberrying as well.

Is it just me or do things seem more advanced this year? We've had blackberries for 2 weeks now, and the elderberries are ripe too, methinks the winter is going to be another nasty long one...

By the way, the anti-rain dance hasn't started working yet...maybe dancing widdershins around the potager in green wellie boots, naked will frighten the weather into behaving...nah, just frighten the sheep...  

Judy

We had floods on friday night. Very biblical; no locusts yet though.