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Just finished a very odd novel, a relic of Crouch End and an illustrated first edition, called 'The Martian' by one Du Maurier. Apart from telling one something about how French boys' boarding schools were organised in the mid 19th century, something about how one went about being an artist at the same time and generally a bit of middle class colouring in, the book seems to be pretty much content free. And the Martian ending is ridiculous. Maybe a bit of an odd cove; the father of a famous actor and the grandfather of the famous Daphne.

The ten incubator pumpkins are now down to five. One more or less untouched and two in quite good condition. The weather is now hot so we will see. Second rank coming on in the shed and will be ready to go into the line in a few days.

Dug up the first row of carrots - West of the deer exclosure - on the grounds that not enough have survived to be worth it. Tried putting in two packets of January Kings instead.