Flooded?

[bubblewrap]

I feel so sorry for you Matt it will take weeks before you can replant, is there any sign of contaminition?I am pleased you are not flooded at home & you are looking forward to growing later on!

[mandyballantyne]

Hi Matt,

Sorry to hear about your plot but it is good that you are being so positive, let us know how you get on.

Muckydiva, are you ok?? Righting of your car sounds serious.

Take care out there everyone, Mandy

[moggssue]

What a shame Matt, really sorry to hear about your plot - and sooo sorry for those whose houses and cars (muckdiva, hope you are ok and didnt get stranded?) and livelihoods are affected, Mother Nature at her "best"

[Matt.]

Thanks for your messages of support. I waded through the water yesterday evening and got to my plot. Its still under 12 to 18 inches of water. I've added a few pictures to my blog.

Amazingly I managed to harvest potaoes, carrots, parnsip, beetroot and onions all of which were fine. There doesn't seem to be any signs of contamination and upstream is just fields for miles so it should be ok. The water is crystal clear and smells very fresh. I'm really pleased I got something because its my first year and its shows what can be done. My potaoes are huge so I should have been harvesting weeks ago. I've grown Charlotte (at least that's what it said on the packet) and the ones I dug up are the size of baking potatoes!! Its all good fun.

[TPeers]

Aah well - look on the bright side - all your veg came well washed!

Get all the spuds you can find fairly quickly - they won't keep in the wet conditions, if you dry them off and 'cure' them for a few hours at home to be sure the skins are dry you should be able to save a fair amount.

Good luck

Terry

[muckdiva]

Hi Matt,

Sorry to hear about your plot but it is good that you are being so positive, let us know how you get on.

Muckydiva, are you ok?? Righting of your car sounds serious.

Take care out there everyone, Mandy

Thanks MB, we're absolutely fine. Got off lightly compared to a lot of people, and the car was old and needed replacing which was why I risked going through the water.

I feel so sorry for anyone who has had damage to home, business, crop or livestock, and those without water or electricity, well I can only imagine how difficult that must be.

Matt, glad it's turning out not to be all doom and gloom on your lottie, our local radio did lots of interviews with people from Abingdon yesterday and they were all saying they'd never known anthing like it. Hope things improve soon.

[Vegmonkey]

We are in Cheltenham, and have been without water since Monday...not really a problem...we smell a bit but there is so much bottled water around, it is crazy! Not flooded tho luckily...