Heatwave!

When I got back from Denmark on Monday night, the south of England was enjoying a heatwave (by British standards) and still is. As a result, things have grown very quickly. I dug a root of potatoes last night - Valor, very clean and tasty when boiled lightly with some mint - and also had a lettuce. These will ALL be ready in about 3 days! The sweetcorn are also looking very good, and there should be peas in 2 or 3 days, and as for the cabbages ....
Perhaps my courgettes will start growing sometime?
Of course, with the heatwave comes the daily watering, but at least it's too hot for the slugs!

The concrete slab has now been put down for our 10 000 litre water tank, to be filled with the aid of runoff from the roof of our containers, and topped up from the mains. Plus as I have already mentioned we now have electricity on site. There will be a community area in front of the containers. This has been seeded with grass, and picnic benches and tables are on order.

Here's a question though : my broad beans have been quite good, with many large pods. However, half of these have been empty - no beans in them at all - why?