Blight Plight

We have blight in the polytunnel!!!

 The tomatoes are suffering.

The crop will not be so good as once hoped.

We have removed almost all the leaves and these will have to be burned.

In the autumn we will have to dig out all the affected soil....that doesn`t fill me with much joy. 

We have picked some of the green tomatoes and Steve has made green tomato sauce.

The crinkly ones are delicious in salads as they seem to absorb oil and cider vinegar.

Luckily cucumbers, melons and peppers are not affected.

Much as we love butterflies at Freshwinds, we do not like their off-spring.

And we don`t quite know what is causing this devastation.

But looking on the bright side.....

.......great crop of runner beans......

 ......there are some sweetcorn left for us.......

 ......the melons are fattening up.....

.......even the Aldi watermelons.

There is loads to bring home.

And I remain positive when I go home laden with bunches of colourful dahlias and statice.

Gardening is always 

"swings and roundabouts"

or 

"some you win and some you lose."