<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/veg-plotjul17.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4461" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/veg-plotjul17-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>Warm wet weather brings the vegetable plot into its own. Despite my concerns the onions are filling out; beetroot is being harvested; potatoes are ready (one plant produces enough to feed me for a week); and the runner beans are taking shape although Nick and Val have already supplied me with some from their plants.

In the potting shed I've got a number of cucumbers coming. I grew the same variety last year and they were delicious - looking forward to some more salads before the summer is over.

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And so onto my pickling adventure. When preparing the beetroot after cooking them it does appear a bit like a bloodbath. If I walked out into the street mid preparation I would have looked like a mass murderer. I did miscalculate the number of beets required to fill a kilner jar so I've got to pull up some more and go through it all again. It's easier than I thought...