Spring
has arrived in month, and just in season. The weather is stiller, a
little warmer, and sunnier. Well - for a few days... I planted the
last of my first early potatoes - Casablanca - the second weekend of
the month, despite having a hacky-cough. Behind them is my broad bean
and garlic patch, doing well...
I
shall be planting my main crop and salad spuds shortly. My fruit area
is going well also - I have hoed the weeds, the rhubarb and
blackcurrants are shooting and gooseberry bushes are fed, mulched and
pruned. The raspberry canes are beginning to bud, also. The green
posts are ready to hang net from when the fruits arrive.
The
next photo shows my artichoke and onion patch - all planted up. I
need to do the edges, though. Some of the onions are already
shooting. Behind that is my cold frame, which I may not bother with
next year as it is too much trouble fastening it down in winds. I
also have the poly tunnel and patio greenhouse at home now. This is
filled with broad beans, garlic and a pair of lemongrasses.
My
final shot for today shows my three raised beds and the area where my
excess onions were planted next to the two blackcurrant bushes. The
one closest is filled with straw laden horse muck and the runners/new
plants. The next one back is empty of fruit and will contain flowers,
melon and squash. The one furthest back has the old strawberry plants
in.
You
can also view my weed bin - which shall soon be emptied out and a
new bag replace the old to be filled only with weeds - not the
plastic muck the former plotster left in the weed bag.
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