probably lack of water more than anything. though sunshine will help with sweetening.

Yes they do like plenty of water, Sue. Maybe it’s not too late if you can give them a good drenching?

Thank you. I thought it would be lack of sun! Anyway it has rained very nicely this afternoon, which will do such a lot of good all round as the ground has been parched.

Yes, I was glad to see the rain too 🙂.

Well after just two days they have improved quite a lot. They were fit to cook with some rather grotty rhubarb this lunch time (another thing that needed more water). Both were fine cooked and some whipped cream was an improvement as well! (Tip for rhubarb - you need a lot less sugar if you sprinkle a little bicarbonate of soda over the cooked rhubarb - it needs a lot less sweetening (but it does froth up rather alarmingly at first...)