What a lovely start to the working week - an early morning walk around the wet allotment, enjoying the warm morning sunshine and the birds chattering around us.
We've just had a traditionally rainy bank holiday weekend but we managed a few hours on the plot all three days and it was pretty warm. I picked these chive flowers to make chive flower vinegar, but I need more than that so will have to see if the plants produce enough when they re-bloom.
Finally I cleared this area of weeds so I could direct sow mangetout. It’s usually one of the first harvests but the weather has slowed us down this year.Things are definitely looking up though as seeds are beginning to germinate (PSB and sprouts were up within a week) and we managed plenty of sowing this weekend too. Jamie’s sown squash, sunflowers, calendula and marigolds. I’ve sown zinnia, ipomoea and echinacea. These are all in the window sills and under the growlight at home, we’ll move them up to the polytunnel as soon as they emerge - plenty more to sow!We're bound to wander from the plan, but that covers most of our needs. Of course Plot 3 is where our other brassicas, cucumbers, beans and garlic will grow. I'm thinking that I should also grow celeriac as it seems to be threatening to be a wet year...
So that's how we passed our bank holiday weekend and here's a bit of Blur to hum along to - hope you had a good one too and now it's back to work A-G-A-I-N!
You were lucky you get anything done on Monday. I think that a degree of rethinking plans has to be allowed for nowadays given the weather we now tend to get. I hope that the pheasants don't become a problem. Happy plotting. xx
ReplyDeleteYes, we got away with the weather - mostly
DeleteNo frogs here yet. I'm sure things will catch up. Some of our plants put on a growth spurt last week in the sunshine but now it's miserable again.
ReplyDeleteIt seems slugs are decimating seedlings so everyone is having to re-sow on our site. As a result we have caught up(!) but need to do lots more clearing before we dare put any tiny plants out.
DeleteNot sure why my last comment switched to an anonymous?
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