Well, the frosted potatoes have re-sprouted. Hoorah! The Home Guard earlies are looking good and we've got one little sprout from the Picasso maincrop. Phew!
My friend Jo came to stay last weekend for a few days and we spent most of Monday down on the allotment. We had lists and lists of things to do, sow and weed. We got most of the weeding done, but then spent the rest of the time sitting in the sun weeding the strawberry bed. Well, I say weeding, we actually ended up having to double-dig it as there were far more weeds than strawberries. Then sit down and break up the clumps to get most of the roots and weeds out. And I won't mention the bindweed (that back end of the plot really is overrun!). Anyway, I think you'll agree that this is now a strawberry patch to be proud of! This is only half the amount we have - we're going to leave the other half until they've cropped.
Tomato update!
The Super Marmande seedlings are coming on nicely...
We popped to the plot on Sunday as well to see what was what, and found that someone (we assume Phil) had left us six red cabbage plants! Yeay! Not knowing how long they'd been there - we popped them in the cold frame overnight and then planted them on Monday. They look a bit pathetic here, but they look much happier now they've got a decent amount of soil around their roots and a bit of sun on their heads. If we can get home-grown red cabbage AND home-grown brussels sprouts for Christmas, I'll be very impressed with us!
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It is so great to really get stuff done down on the allotment. This warm weather has really got my juices going too! Happy gardening :-)
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