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We finished the asparagus bed - 16 plants in all.
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Foxgloves are coming nice.
![]() The forecast is for rain from about eleven so we'll see what we can get done. We finished the asparagus bed - 16 plants in all. ![]() Finally got round to picking some rhubarb. ![]() Planted a bed of tomato plants. ![]() Also got a bed of courgettes and a couple of pumpkins in. ![]() Noticed a birds nest in the plum tree, wedged up against the cemetary wall. Don't really know which type of bird it belongs to though. ![]() Still no rain so we started weeding the worst of the beds. ![]() Managed to get three done but it's now three o'clock - so much for the weather forecast. ![]() Time to go, but before we do; a quick look at the wild-garden. Foxgloves are coming nice.
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![]() A week ago it was lovely and warm; now it's struggling to hit double figures and it's rained for more than half of the last 72 hours. Just took the compost bins down today, but had a look around. There's a few carrots coming, but only about half of them. ![]() Beans look OK. ![]() Radishes as well look OK. ![]() Both beds of potatoes are coming on well. ![]() Asparagus looks a bit spindly but should be ok. ![]() Winter onions are also doing well........... ![]() ........as are the ordinary onions. ![]() Plenty of flowers on the blackberries. ![]() Finally, just to emphasise the amount of rain we've had over the last three days: we haven't seen lying water like this in a while. ![]() Today and tomorrow were forecast to be the hottest days of the year so far and the cloudless sky seemed to bear that out. ![]() Another day for getting some bigger jobs done so brought all the tools along again. ![]() Secured some more scaffolding planks down to mark the bed edges. As can be seen by the following photos the ones that we've completed look good. ![]() The asparagus bed now has some asparagus plants in it. ![]() The strawberries have been covered over. ![]() Beans are coming on nicely.......... ![]() ....and the rhubarb is getting bigger by the day. ![]() The warm weather is also doing wonders for the potatoes. ![]() Finally, it was so hot I even brought down a hat to wear. Thank God we were on our own down this end. ![]() Next few days are supposed to be the best of the year so far. Another full day down here, and another pie and chips lunch. ![]() Spent the day re-doing the wooden borders of some of the plots........ ![]() .....and weeding......... ![]() ....and these are the results. ![]() Did the beans as well. ![]() Potatoes are doing well too. ![]() Went down late morning but the signs weren't good for a nice day even though the weather forecast said "sunny spells". ![]() Weeded a couple of beds and erected the bean canes. ![]() Finished off the end of the bean bed with a decent piece of wood. ![]() Stayed down for dinner, but not exactly fish and chips or a Subway........ ![]() Quite a few people down here considering the weather but it never got any better than this. Cleared some of the larger weeds and added some more chippings to the paths; but that was it really. ![]() We decided to replace some of the edging boards with the new scaffolding boards that recently arrived. ![]() Some of the old boards are completely rotten. ![]() The scaffolding boards are pretty solid and take a lot of effort to cut to size; but they look so much better. ![]() Just look at the strawberry bed. Before.................... ![]() ............ and after. ![]() The onions we planted just a short while ago are looking great already. ![]() Of course, with another full day down the allotment comes another fish and chip lunch. This is already about the fourth of the year. ![]() We now have a clock down here too, so we know exactly when it's lunch time. ![]() Just popped down to grab a few scaffolding boards before they all disappear............... ![]() ...........and to empty two binfulls of garden cuttings into the compost bins. Bin number four is pretty full already and I only emptied it about a month ago. ![]() Blueberries have got a load of flowers on them all of a sudden. ![]() The seating area looks good following a new layer of chippings laid down yesterday. ![]() Squirrels had invaded the loft so the conifer next door had to go............. but we had the chippings. ![]() Four binfulls of chippings to take down the allotment. ![]() Surprisingly the chippings only just covered the picnic area down the allotment. ![]() Leaves on the grapevine are getting bigger and more numerous. ![]() Rhubarb's looking good in the sun too. ![]() Not our plot; but someone on an adjoining plot is having water problems by the look of it. |
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