Of course, we spent most of the day on the allotment. We had it to ourselves much of the time - it wasn't sunny but still pretty warm.
I planted out the celeriac (14 plants) on the new plot - half are under a green cloche and the others are just protected from birds. We need to keep them well-watered.
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| Celeriac |
The mange tout have flowered already and are growing much better than the sweet peas - I think a little Growmore may be needed for them!
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| Mange Tout flowers |
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| What happens to parsnips if you don't pull them up! (Not our plot!!) |
We bought some pots and filled them with Grow bags and some John Innes young plant compost for the peppers - they should tumble over the sides, but the pots look a bit lonely at the moment...
We've started to see ladybird larvae and soldier beetles on the plot now, also lots of bees as there are quite a few flowers around for them now.
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| Silver Y moth |
I found this moth on our netting.The moth takes nectar from flowers, but of course the caterpillars enjoys tucking into brassica and garden peas(!) as well as nettles - well, hopefully this ones babies will stick to nettles... ho hum...
Some nice photos again. I particularly like the ones of the Celeriac and Moth. There are some Parsnips around, like the one in your photo, on a few plots near mine. They tend to be pretty self- seeding too.
ReplyDeleteI sympathise with whoever takes over that overgrown plot - all they'll have is parsnips then!!
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