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![]() The potatoes have suddenly gone a bit beserk........... ![]() .............and we're going to try a cut-grass mulch on them. ![]() Tomatoes are looking good going into June. ![]() However, the carrots appear to have vanished and we've no idea why. We'll plant a few more here and see what happens. ![]() Wrapped some thin netting around the bean plot for the peas to grow up. ![]() Managed to get a bed of parsnips in as well, even though we were only down there for an hour and a half. ![]() And finally, the wild garden is looking spectacular and attracting loads of bees. ![]() Poppies especially are looking good.
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![]() 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. ![]() Another gloriously sunny day, lots to do so out with the picnic stuff. Louise came down to bird-watch - saw two crows fighting off a bird of prey, and a couple of wrens and a fieldfare. ![]() The small fruit cage has been leaning precariously across the path for nearly a couple of years now; so time to fix it. ![]() One of the main support posts was rotton and loose and needed replacing. ![]() Time to get all the tools out. ![]() Fixed the small fruit cage............... ![]() ...........including the door, which now hangs straight and stays open. ![]() Netted the onions....... ![]() Tidied up and fixed the edgings for the flower and comfrey areas. ![]() Also finished laying the black matting and chippings in the large fruitcage. ![]() The grapevine is coming into leaf early this year. ![]() We also met our new neighbour today, Simon, who's taken over Barry's plot. He's not planning on planting anything this year, just trying to make the place tidy....... ![]() Been a nice sunny week but starting to get cooler as we get nearer to our holiday in Downderry. ![]() Cabbages have over-wintered well. ![]() Winter onions look OK. ![]() Two beds of ordinary onions looking good. ![]() Broad beans and garlic are in. ![]() The new strawberry bed is very neat and tidy and the black membrane is keeping the roots nice and warm. ![]() Some more parsnips went in today to complete the bed. ![]() Comfrey bed's had wild flower seeds scattered on it ![]() . ![]() A couple of lavender plants have also gone into the comfrey bed. ![]() Top fruit cage looks good with the two blueberry plants in tubs and the two gooseberry plants kept under control. ![]() Rest of the beds have been weeded as we're going to be away for a week and it may well be a couple of weeks or more before we get back down here. ![]() Plum trees have blossom on - hope there isn't a late frost this year; though the forecast is for the possibility of one within the next couple of days. ![]() ........ and finally, the compost just keeps increasing. Really need to have a good go at it if we have some decent weather. ![]() Been a while since the weather was kind enough to allow two consecutive days down the allotment,................. and we now have a friend keeping an eye on the weeding! ![]() As you can see by the compost heap there was an awful lot of weeding to be done. ![]() We cut some of the comfrey back and laid it as a mulch on the tomatoes. It's supposed to be good to let comfrey decompose back into the soil as it's packed full of nutrients. ![]() Pretty much given up on the pumpkin. Something's been having a go at it but we'll leave it and see if it picks up at all. ![]() These two photos show that the other bed of tomatoes isn't doing as bad as you might expect either. ![]() Potatoes too aren't completely a washout. ![]() Beans are a long way behind where they should be but if the weather suddenly improved for a prolonged spell............................... ![]() Planted some celeriac today. See how that takes to the cold and wet!! ![]() Celery seems to OK though................. ![]() .......... as do the leeks. ![]() The boysenberry in the fruit cage appears to be trying to make a bid for freedom. No point cutting it back as it is absolutely loaded with fruit. ![]() The wild garden area has, well, lived up to it's name though not many of the wild-flower seeds we sowed seem to have grown. ![]() I'll finish off with a couple of general shots across the allotments from the car park area as it's such a sunny day. The surrounding trees and the fact it overlooks the cemetery gives it quite a peaceful air. |
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