Is this one of the worst summers we have had???

our crops are fair to rubbish   ,we were 3 ft under for a couple of days so its salvage what you can really,got disgustingly muddy yesterday gathering some potatos,its far to wet and i think they will start to rot,so ive put them(rocket)in sacks in the outhouse its the coolest and darkest place ive got

lovely day today folks,should help the ground

In case anyone's interested, I've now had a chance to look at my crops thouroughly thanks to the window in the dire weather.

Sadly my potatoes do have the blight - not too badly yet, but it's getting worse. I've lifted some of my first Desiree maincrop which are fine, if a little small, but I looked at the pink fir apples and they are berely formed yet, so I think I'm going to lose them unless the sun kills off the blight (Fat chance with more rain forecast)

My Carrots & Parsnips have gone completely - no sign of any plants at all or roots.

My beans & Galric are rallying thanks to the sun, but my lettuce seems to be stuck at tiny size.

Some of my marrows have been lost to the slugs, but the few left are doing well.

Just don't know what to plant now - might try some lambs lettuce & cress, anyone any bright ideas? Is it too late for a crop of rice?

They shouldn't have destroyed so much of the rain forests!!!

The blackberries don't look like they are going to be as good/early as last year and the crab apples here appear to have been hit by frost whilst in blossom.

That's odd, David - I had my first ripe blackberry today - seems a bit early for them to me?

I'm just glad I've got lots of last year's veg left in the freezer, as I fear I may not have an awful lot to put in there this season...  Although my cauliflowers are much better than last year, and the kohlrabi is beginning to swell.  Courgettes are looking OK, but slugs have taken their toll on the winter squash and the root veg is just abysmal.  Got lots of sugar snap peas, though, so it's not all bad!

Just hoping for a good crop of fartichokes at the end of the year.  I'll forgive all my crops failing if they're OK!  :shock:

harvested all my rockets today and put them and onions in the outhouse where its cool and dark,few were starting to get a few white spots so think we timed it right .also dragged our peas up as they were dead,maybe we will have time to get a fresh crop in