Covid has many horrors, but in some ways the worst of it is a long recovery period. We’ve been fatigued and as they say here in Scotland, “peely wally” for a number of weeks now. Not contagious, but not running at full strength either, and exhausted at the slightest exertion.
But we’re getting better, and things are slowly returning to normal.
Due to our relative inactivity for the last three weeks there’s nothing much to report, to be honest, but the blank page of my blog was looking up at me accusingly, so I thought I’d better check in.
We aren’t dead yet. Just waterlogged.
The weather has been atrocious. It’s been the worst summer on record here on Skye, with massive daily rainfall and almost no sunshine. Temperatures have been Baltic.
We’ve just read that it’s officially the wettest summer on record with one day last week recording over 60mm of rainfall, which represents the average total monthly rainfall for August in that one day.
As such, we’ve stayed in a lot. We’ve even lit the woodburner on the worst of the days. In August!
The Croft produce has of course suffered as a result. Hardly any tomatoes or cucumbers, and even the courgettes haven’t produced more than a few small offspring.
The potato crop was small, the carrots were lush but woody and have been gifted to friends goats, and the main thing that’s survived all this rain and cold has been the salad leaves, which have proved surprisingly resilient, although some of these are now starting to rot too.
The beetroot also did well and we’ve been enjoying roasted beets on whipped feta for weeks now. An easy supper with crusty bread and some salad when you have no real energy to cook.
Another surprising result was the onions, which were prolific, and mostly a useable size, and we managed somehow to harvest them, despite our fatigue, before they rotted in the beds.
They’re festooned around the polycrub in hanging bunches drying out ready to be stored in hessian sacks and used over the coming months. It looks quite festive in there really,
The Croft continues to be totally waterlogged. We will paddle on and hope for drier land soon.
Ravencroft Skye 
I’m glad to hear you are slowly getting better. Thank you for letting us know how you’re doing!
We’re just getting out of a strong El Nińo year, and now going into a strong La Nińa winter. Expect at least one more year of less usual weather!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh lord!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I feel you on the peely wally! Hope you are well on the way to feeling better.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you. We’re improving gradually 🥰
LikeLiked by 1 person