Saturday 9th April

Been a busy 2 weeks and i haven't been down to the allotment as much as i would have liked 2 weeks ago we had some strong winds that blew one of my greenhouses over salvaged some stuff but the rest i decided to start again more on this further down.. also my poly tunnel got blown across the allotment and ruined but the home made ones stayed in the ground perfectly ????

Mother's day last weekend me and my son Callum went to put up some supports for the runner beans they can't be put out yet so are growing at home away from frost.
We also arrived at the right time as some horse manure had been delivered we grabbed some before it all disappeared like before

Because the wind ruined my beetroot seedlings at home i decided not to bother trying to salvage them but to

start again so on Thursday i went to the allotment and put the beetroot seeds direct in to the ground fingers crossed they germinate there i also managed to put in a row of maincrop potatoes and put in some more peas where they had failed to germinate spent 2 hours there that day :)

Today saw me and Callum making the most of the weather and headed off down to the allotment we thought

it would be really busy but only a couple of others there and soon we were the only ones good job as i       

decided to move the runner bean supports and anyone who might have been watching would have been     laughing at me but i got there in the end all up and supported in the correct place :)   

                                

callum grabbed the last of the horse manure and piled it in front of the shed while i stated to fill the blue bins ready for sowing my carrot seeds finally took some pics of things growing and we headed home another 2 hours spent there here's the pics :)

Strawberry plants are growing nicely :)

i have some peas :) spent some time on thursday planting some more where they hadnt come through

a parsnip seedling :) only 2 have come through ill give it a bit longer before i start some more

onions have grown loads this week

some mint that Hugh from the allotemnts gave me he said chop it in half and replant it i did and look at it :)

my potatoes 3 rows of first earlies 2 rows of second earlies and 1 row of maincrop have more maincrop at home