Day 255: Well, there you have it: the delphinium, singular. There was one other stalk which got beaten down by rain, but that's pretty much the whole show right there. The trend seems to be fairly widespread, too. Almost everything is coming on late or being non-productive. The neighbour's pie cherry trees are covered in little hard green things which are nothing more than a thin skin over a pit. The gooseberries are hard as rocks, and by now I should have been out there picking them daily. Snapdragons, usually enthusiastic volunteers, are simply not showing up for work. While these usually abundant plants are faltering, success is coming from unexpected quarters. The figs are swelling nicely, and if even a tenth of the kiwi flowers form berries, I'll have enough kiwis to feed a small army. I suppose in trading off for only one delphinium, I'm still getting the best end of the deal.
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