Back to Beet

Don't panic, neither of us are hankering after our careers back. But having spent more than half our combined lives advising other people how to manage their crops, we thought it was time to start managing ours.
Our beet was drilled fairly thinly so that the only thinning necessary was now that the roots are beginning to swell.
The first few thinnings tasted divine!



On a different note, we have had a Hosepipe ban for the past week here. If ever you want it to rain, you know what to do. Since the ban was imposed, we have had about an inch and a half of rain, taking July's total to date to about 2 inches. Now that's more like Cumbria. I guess it will be a little while before Haweswater and Thirlmere are back to normal, but it has been very welcome rain.