It amazes me that you only go away for short while and then come back and you get behind quickly. well my minigreenhouses are now empty and the lottie now semi full of young seedlings. Broad Beans and Garlic doing well and a bed full of Sprouts and cabbages. Peas are coming on as are the lettuces I sowed early. my shallots are slowly coming into sight. The spuds are sprouting, and the rhubarb is well developed.
The fruit trees from Aldi are settled in and doing that well, the Elstar is blossoming already.
I dug 2 trenches 2ft x1 1/2 spits deep and filled with well rotted manure, and covered with shredded newspaper. then backfilled. This well be for the Runnerbeans (Scarlet Emperor) and (Alderman) climbing peas. I will sow next week when the ground is a little dryer. I also planted some Maigolds, which are suppose to help against certain pests along the edges of the Brassica bed.
The ground temperture was 6 C , being a heavy soil and damp, it will warm over the next week as the outlook is reasonable good.
I have started my second sowings of peas and lettuces at home, Also started off some sweetcorn, and tomatoes. Using a 3ft isteel rod i managed to make some 2ft holes, filled with compost and sowed some parsnips, intercropped with lines of radishes. 3 lines of carrots. I also planted out my onion sets, and the seedlings I grew from seed. I am a bit late but as we have have some very wet and cold weather, I am not to bothered.
I have around 25x21 ft of ground left to fill. As this is where the manure had stood for nearly a year, the sweetcorn and my leeks will go here with any other crops through the season.
The plot behind my shed is to be repossesed by the council and I got my name down quick to have 1st shout.
