You know it's been a rubbish summer when...

[Newbie]

.... your Beef tomatoes are the same size as your Cherry Tomatoes!

[Munch]

Me too!!!!!

And me!!!!

[bramble]

Its been the best summer here for the last three years. Have had tons of toms and have had to continuously use the hose this year.
Will join the other few in the pub so.

[Croila]

(finish the sentence, on a grapevine theme)


....when its cold enough now that you have had to start putting your domestic heating on, yet you still have loads of green tomatoes trying to ripen outdoors or in the greenhouse

*sigh* This is soooo true up here too! Although we've had the heating on in August too, it's been so grotty.

[rustylady]

You've just picked your first ripe chilli

[OverWyreGrower]

you have been sleeping with a hot water bottle for at least a week!

(Our heating doesn't work at all, but I'd be loathe to put it on in September anyway!)

[Topcat36]

Sun is shining now and has for the past week or so , its lovely .


When you dont buy any sandals and your summer clothes have all gone down to half price in the shops before you have had a chance to wear them .

[nomis]

........not one of your fancy heirloom mellons fruited

( I did plant them FAR too late)

[Munch]

When you go camping in the 'height of summer' and it rains nearly all week!

[OverWyreGrower]

When you go camping in the 'height of summer' and it rains nearly all week!

Seconded.... we were flooded out in August (plus the gale force winds that week broke our tent )

[Munch]

Seconded.... we were flooded out in August (plus the gale force winds that week broke our tent )

Oh no what did you do?
We are going again 1st weekend in October... yes we are mad!!!

[Topcat36]

Seconded.... we were flooded out in August (plus the gale force winds that week broke our tent )

Thats why we now have a caravan . We had some bad rain in Cornwall in august just glad i wasn't in a tent . Love my tent but sometimes u have to know when to say goodbye

[OverWyreGrower]

Oh no what did you do?

Went home early!!

Everything we had taken with us was just dripping... car was wet inside from everything being in there!

We got the snapped tent poles mended pretty quickly, and dried out the tent; however not sure how I feel about going next year! It's the worst we've ever had it in about 10 years of camping!

[Glutton4...]

We lost our huuuuuuge lovely tent in a mini-hurricane a few years ago. Went back to a caravan after that!

[Munch]

Dare I ask...... where did you go?
We went to the New Forest in August and thankfully it wasnt that bad....... especially with 3 kids one only 2 years old!