Flaming June Becomes Flipping July

What do they both have in common? Soggy ground, snails and slugs. What isn't wind blown, rotted or checked in growth is nibbled. Anyone growing their own is facing a difficult year in growing conditions. One of the worst I've known. There's no let up in the rain and humid conditions, which are perfect for blight. I have had three full smith periods in a two week window. Mr VVG is currently on his nightly polytunnel slimey search. A must if we are to continue cropping successfully in there when all else is struggling out on the lotty.
We are harvesting new potatoes at the moment - win, which are not returning huge yields, but are at least ours before slugs get there. Today's varieties are Shetland Black, Red Duke of York and Lady Christl. They should feed us through the coming week or two. Broad beans are the major success this year, despite their frosting as they overwintered. I suffered quite a lot of black leaves on the young plants, but they have come back even stronger. We continue to pick them every time we visit - win. Peas are coming slowly, but they appear to be struggling with all this wet weather. What we have had have tasted lovely and without pea moth damage. Raspberries are arriving slowly, as are strawberries. Currants need the sun to ripen. Leek seedlings are still in clumps awaiting a dry period so that I can work the soil and plant. Thankfully, I pulled all the overwintering onions up and chopped/froze them. They were beginning to bolt and I foresaw a storage problem. We have four freezer bags of them, ready prepared - win. Garlic, once dried, got blitzed and turned into lazy garlic, white wine vinegar added, popped into jars and stored - win.
I feel it's not been a total wash out despite the best efforts of the wet weather gods...