Sunday 5 April 2015

Just starting

 A long time since I updated this. The weather has not been very good, usually quite cold with a strong wind, and rain frequently.
However, I have managed to plant out my strawberry plants, which seem to have established (on the left of the plot) and I have put in some broad bean plants (under cover, to the right) and (on another of my mini-plots, below) I have put some pea seedlings - more coming on at home - and sown some lettuce, spring onions, carrots and beetroot seed in my cold frame and in the open soil, plus some onion sets. All we need now is some decent weather to bring things on!

In addition, I have put coarse mesh over one plot, to keep off the birds, whilst allowing the pollinators in. This will be for peas, runner beans and sweetcorn.
I will put fine mesh over another mini-plot later on, to keep off the white butterflies, and I must also net my strawberries nearer harvest.