Nice day for it

I managed a few hours this morning and planted out a few more strawberries and then hoed around my garlic and onions.

i then limed my brassica bed ready for when they are large enough to plant out then i put fleece on my legume bed as i will be planting out my broad-beans this weekend.

also i have potted my French beans ready to grow and plant out mid may.

then ill also plant some peas out.

my spuds have already started to grow and some needed some soil over them to avoid frost getting at them.

heres a few pics of the full plot, top nearest is an empty flower bed then onions and garlic then spuds then brassicas then legumes, i cant wait to take a pic in full flow when everything is growing.

a few pics

Planting mad

i planted so many seeds i have forgotten what they all were.

ill have a go at listing them though,

i also managed to get help from Dave my son who planted my spuds and watered everything he could see even the blinkin weeds.

ok seeds planted were

cauliflower, calabrese, purple flowering broccoli, 4 types of cabbage, Brussel sprouts, Parsnips, dill, sage, mint, Rosemary, corrianda, Basil, chives, cumin, sweet corn, 2 types of pumpkins, butternut squash, beetroot, sweet peas, mixed flowers and i thinks i have missed quite a lot of others,

to be planted out are carrots, peas, french beans, broadbeans which i have grown in the greenhouse, mixture of flowers and second early potatoes.

its going to be a busy week.

ill get some pic's of my progress soon.

Did a lot in one hour

when i popped to the allotment for just a quick hour i actually got a lot done.

i watered the seedlings in the greenhouse and let some air in it.

planted out my herbs.

potted on my Christmas tree.

replanted the holly bush to make room for my cold frame.

cleaned the cold frame.

watered some of the plants and fed the flowering strawberries.

fit the birdhouse to the tree near my bird feeder.

fit new drainage and water butt to my shed.

Sweetpeas on their way

popped to the lotty again and the wifes sweetpeas are growing very well.

my rocket cress and some spinich has sprouted too.

also i decided to throw a string over a high tree branch to guide my hops up it.

i hope i dont get told off for that lol.

After work

dropped on my plot to check things out and wow its surprising what a few days can do.

had to pot on my broad-beans.

my rocket and cress are racing to be the quickest to grow and my sweet peas are really coming along nicely they are about 2" long leaning to the sun.

i had to water the whole greenhouse to keep them going.

also my grape vines are already bursting buds and i just put them in two days ago.

i am really getting excited for the season to really take off.

weekend planting

I managed to get a lot planted this weekend,

my asparagus turned up in the post so they were planted, i planted my grape vines of which i have 4 white and 2 red grape variety to make my wine with.

also planted in the greenhouse were several lettuce, peppers, chilli's, tomatoes, cress, gherkins, cucumber and radish.

i built a bird feeding house given to me as an early fathers day present and built another manure compost.

attached are some pics of the vines the house and my hops which are growing like crazy.

quick visit

popped to the lotty for a quick check on things as i have had a busy weekend tidying for mothers-day.

was surprised to see my plum tree flowering.

my broad-beans were being checked out by ants as they get riddled in black-fly when larger so the ants are there to farm them so i have bought some ant killer and will pick the tips of the broad-beans when larger to avoid the black-fly.

also pleased to see my garlic flourishing.

even my hops have gone wild growing 6" in less than a week.

received my grapevines on Friday so will plant them tomorrow night after work.