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The sides and bottom had dried out so I got a wire brush onto it to clean all the old dried algae off it and then applied three coats of pond sealer. It's really good stuff, and now I'm just waiting a day or two to let it go off completely before refilling, replanting and letting the fish loose again. I'll take the kids up to a water specialist nursery next weekend to get some new oxygenating plants and some extra fish, which is always fun.
Yesterday I went up to the allotment to dig up my sweet potatoes as the foliage had turned. Now I have to admit I was more than disappointed with the crop, as I only had a trug full at the end. OK there's enough for a few meals for us, but I wanted to have plenty so I could give them to the other plotholders. It's strange as RHS Hyde Hall who came and planted them apparently had a bountiful harvest. All they had done was plant them, water them 3 times during the driest of spells and wait. That's pretty much what I did. The only thing I can think of is that the depth of topsoil on my plot isn't that deep and they hit a hard clay pan underneath. Some of them had curled up, indicating that this could have been the problem. I don't want to put anyone off growing them as Hyde Halls trials have proved that they can be grown extremely successfully in this country with the uninspiringly named T64's the most prolific. I'd be interested if any of you have grown them and if so what results you've had? Let me know.