A Walk in the Park

Nothing to do with plot 54b, but last week I explored a part of the park I'd never noticed before!

April Catch Up

What a disgrace, I haven't been updating this during April, so here are a few April snaps.

I was a very dry month, with no significant rain.

10th April:

A few small cabbages with lettuce under the cloche:

Onions:

Peas:

22nd April

Captain Custard sowing seeds:

Asparagus:

Early Potatoes:

Sweetcorn:

Sprouts:

24th April

First cabbage of the season:

Birthday Weekend Round Up

What better way to spend a birthday than alottmenting?

What better birthday present than to suddenly find that the autumn planted asparagus (Pacific 2000) has survived and is starting to shoot. Pity we can't harvest it this year! All the rhubarb crowns planted in the autumn have now come into life as well.

Broad Beans (Sutton) are now coming on OK:

Sweet Peas have been planted round one of a series of wigwams:

The first of the cauliflowers have been planted out:

The spring cabbage has recovered and is looking good:

Garlic is strong (pun!):

The plot overall looks busy once more:

Lots more broad beans and peas:

All three varieties of Autumn planted raspberries have shoots:

And finally the old junk heap has been cleared to create another rather rickety compost:

Dull Foggy Day

No photos today, I'm afraid.

It has been a dull and cool day after the heat of the last week.

Three hours wizzed by, as I prepared four wigwams (for sweet peas, main crop peas and french beans), tidied up, sowed another row of Sutton Broad Beans, and carried on work on the composts.

It should soon be ready for visits from Captain Custard and crew.