Another warm sunny day so me and callum decided to go to the allotment for an hour ,an hour that turned in to 2 hours but I'm not complaining i love it down there.
First job was to earth up 3 rows of first earlies (new potatoes) and 2 rows of my second earlies they had started to show above the ground the mounds are quite high now so i think ill let them show and get the fleece ready in case a frost is forecast
Callum loves digging holes so i made him dig a very big hole and put lots of manure into it ready for the courgette to go in to that wont be going in until may.
had a quick weed around my strawberries and moved the soil back to where it should have been after a mole had made a lovely mess!!! fantastic
Had a quick check on my peas they are growing well the ones that have come through, i did sow more a couple of weeks ago but no sign yet so sown some at home as they germinate much quicker something ill remember for next year, also noticed something had nibbled the leaves wasn't slugs then saw the culprits damn ants everywhere they will be sorted soon.
The beetroot is coming through that hasn't took long and the parsnips well not much to shout about im struggling as there are that many tiny weeds in the line i sowed them in sow ill have to let them all grow until im sure which are the parsnips
callum filled the blue bins with soil so they are ready for carrot seeds now
Finally we started on one side of the runner bean supports dug a trench and put in the manure do the other side next time,runner beans are at home coming on well
This afternoon i went in to the garden and potted on a few tomato plants that outgrown their pots and moved on a brussell sprout plant and some savoy cabbages
sowed the following ,savoy cabbage ,another type of cabbage i forgot the name , brussell sprouts ,parsnips as a back up incase they are a no show at the allotment, more peas, some more runner beans , pumpkin, iceberg lettuce, broccoli
busy day but nice weather :) shame i spent most of it sneezing and wiping my nose with compost all over the tissue :( i have callum's man flu
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