So far more sowing successes than failures in this "cool Spring".
My well chitted potatoes seem to have been planted earlier than some in the south and have started to produce flower buds.
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| Orla 1st early buds |
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On the minus side ,my first sowing of dwarf beans in a two day warm spell in the middle of May was probably too ambition .A delve about in the soil revealed a complete no show which has resulted in a resow of beans.I added some home raised trombone squash plants as I lost my patty pan squashes to last week's strong winds the day after I'd planted them out.
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| New sowing of dwarf beans inter planted with Trombone squash and Sweetcorn |
Although half of the Leo and Glen Ample raspberry canes planted in late autumn 2012 are showing signs of life, none of the Glen Magna appear to have survived the winter mud bath.
Otherwise, things are looking very positive,with a good showing of lettuce,chard,garlic,shallots,broad beans ,mangetout peas,salad leaves and various mints.
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| Some of the lettuce are now being inter planted around the plot |
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| Lots of chard seedlings to inter plant with the brassicas |
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| Spearmint |
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| Ginger mint |
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| Basil mint |
I'm pleased with the Globe Artichoke survivors.The weaker looking one has now put on a spurt and is producing a small globe.
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| Broad beans sown among the globe artichokes |
4 comments:
Things are looking fab in your garden, your potatoes and onion are well on. I also have patty pan squash and this year i've put a cloche over a couple of them as last year the wind really played havoc with them. You seem to have a great variety of plants growing; hope its a good year for us all.
Yes I was a bit peeved about my patty pans.Had four seeds left over from last year and all of them produced healthy plantlets.They were a bit exposed on top of the mounded rows which were meant to raise things up out of the very wet section of clay.It occurred to me too late that I should have protected them with cut down plastic bottles or something similar as a windbreak.
I've planted the trombone squashes with a lower profile but these are in better ground anyway.
Hi, your plot is looking green and very healthy despite the cold Spring, potatoes & onions are well ahead of ours which were late going in.
Thanks.
I did a repair job on the raspberries yesterday.After a delve around most of the "sticks" seem to be in suspended animation and still have what appear to be live roots.With some of them I dug out a surrounding square of heavy soil and then backfilled with bought compost mixed with the better soil. I also carefully removed one of the rows of Magna completely,then dug a wider deeper trench and refilled as above and replanted them and the two spares that had been in a slit trench over the winter.Will have to wait and see if this works!
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