It all started with seeing the back end of a large rodent in one of our dalek compost bins back in April (post here). The contents of said bin was then emptied into a trench in the bed at the bottom of the garden (below).
A pumpkin, butternut squash and a courgette plant were purchased from Shannon’s and stuck on the top of the trench as they love that sort of richness.
Then there was that big gardening faux-pas, all the potato peelings in the compost trench started to sprout and threatened said plants (post here). It was dealt with by some continuous hoeing, a few times a week!
Then we had some action on the pumpkin, it started small, then a bit bit bigger but still green.
Then the other week it started to change colour. As long as those pesky rodents don’t have it we might be onto having a giant pumpkin!
The butternut squash is on it’s way too! All’s well that ends well and all that!
Yesterday was spent in good company, with a couple of hours of gardening followed by a visit to this year’s 
We’ve just got back from a few days in 
The weather was a mixed affair but every day did have its fair share of sunshine (and equal parts of rain and wind too!)
While we were out and about we passed a couple of music-related gaffs, one a castle owned by Enya (very much like 
One day we visited and sat on the very ancient 
Also a couple of pints were downed in the pub where 
If you ever end up out there, ignore the weather forecast and bring a pack-a-mac and some suntan lotion with you as you’ll probably need both of them in one day.
Anyway there are no complaints in the Sunflower size department. The 
Below is what they started out like in March. We love anything here that is advertised as “Giant”, “Special edition” or “Rare”. Big up the Sunflower!
Big thanks to The Head Gardener aka Shane Q from the excellent long-running radio show 
Earlier this year I bought a couple of packets of 
Weeds up to me knees 