Not long back from a short ski trip to Entreves near Courmayeur, just beyond the Italian end of the Monte Bianco Tunnel.
Good to see some of the hellebores in full flower when I came back.
On the allotment this week I've made good use of the warm spell ,clearing out the spent cavolo nero plants, forking/hoeing most of the plot, and planting shallot sets (Golden Gourmet) and garlic bulbs (Arno and French Pink).
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| Garlic and shallots protected against birds and probable lowering temperatures!It's all cyclical,the stones that I dug up and threw into the hedge are now being retrieved to use to hold down the fleece covering. |
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| PSB is just about the only thing left cropping |
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| The plan is that the large gap between the raspberry rows will become a strawberry mound. |
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| Various mints repotted |
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| A view across the plots.Lots of clearing and digging in progress. |
1 comment:
Good to see those stones earning their keep covering the fleece My own bricks are ready for the same use, but it's a bit colder this side of the Pennines and other than a sowing of broad beans I have not done any veg planting yet.
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