Salad Days

After a week of sunshine, blackbird damage and watering, we can savour the first fruits of the crop!

I confess a few have been tasted when thinning out. They may only be radishes, but coming straight out of the ground and then eating is very fulfilling. They taste great (for radishes that is!)

Everything in the patch is growing very fast now, and the radishes will soon have to make way for the second sowing of carrots and onions.

You may notice all the old tea bags! These didn't completely rot down in the compost, and surface as the birds dig them out for nesting materials!
The French Beans aren't growing very fast...

..and the sweet pepper has been rescued from the grow-bag after blackbird damage:

The tomatoes were completely destroyed by the blackbird, and haven't been replaced.

Not Again

Well, I woke up this morning, squirrels running through my mind,
Looked out the window, and guess what I did find?
The plants had been dug up once more
When I find that squirrel , he'll get what for.
I guess I've got those squirrel digging up my plants again blues.

BUT.... then I saw it. It was a blackbird - caught red-handed (well, yellow beaked). Sorry Mr Squirrel.

I replaced the plants, protected by bricks, and when I came in from work, there were dug up again.

You win again...

Meanwhile this is what the plot looks like:


The plot thickens!