Radioactive

This photo sums up yesterday’s time on the allotment; lovely warm sunshine interrupted by hefty showers which sent plotholders scattering across site to the toolshed, cars or polytunnels.

We were working on Plot3, attaching the netting to the old polytunnel frame.

This is my long-talked-about squash tunnel. Hopefully the netting is secured tight enough for the weight of the squashes (I have high hopes - dangerous, I know!)

So it’s ready and waiting for the squashes, which have nearly all germinated in a week - just 2 of the Boston seeds haven’t broken through so far. I’m planning on growing two of each type, so ten plants (Boston, Crown Prince, Festival, Honey Boat and Tromboncino). Some of them have large heavy fruits so may need additional security, but that can be sorted as and when required. 

I’m excited, hope it works!

I’ve been talking to a friend about his lovely alpine garden so thought I’d take a close-up look at the succulents and houseleeks by our little pond.

They’re so pretty. I thought they were stunning enough to be considered ‘treasurer’ in the BlackBerry Garden Chelsea Fringe - what a fun idea!

The pond is nice and full but the frogs are a bit shy at the moment. It looks nice overgrown, but the bindweed needs pulling and some of the nigella otherwise that’ll cover everything else.

Here are the potatoes. We covered them on Saturday night as there was a frost risk. It seems we got away with it, though the thermometer showed 2.3° in the polytunnel.

And a few Spring onions, meals for the future come to mind.

But for the timebeing we’re still living on rhubarb 😆 

Mmm, rhubarb pancakes for breakfast and the presentation gave me a song title. I like this song by Imagine Dragons, I didn’t realise this was the title. Enjoy