Yesterday was glorious and today has been equally as good. After a few work related headaches for Vicky this morning we arrived at the plot around lunchtime. Aprils mix of sunshine and showers has definitely had an effect and there has been an explosion of growth on all fronts.Time to get our second set of spuds in the ground. Our early main crop.
Pleased to see the first asparagus tips emerging from the clump that we left undisturbed but so far nothing from the experiment bed where I moved them last autumn.
Everything that Vicky sowed a couple of weeks ago looks to have germinated and so we gave everything a good soaking as the top soil has become very dry and hard.
Unfortunately it’s not just our veggies and fruit bushes that have exploded into life but the late spring has also brought forth an army of invading WEEDS. My personal nemesis being the dandy lion. I like its golden ray of sunshine but the way it gets into everything and its long tap roots that can re-grow like a Tolkien troll means they are a bastard to get rid of. And as my friend told me “One year of seed is seven years of weed” and it bloody feels like it. What gripes me more is the plot next door which appears vacant and left to go wild means the little fuckers are there and nothing I can do so Vicky spent all day weeding our beds and paths to get them into good order and give our plants the best possible start.
The last of the raised beds was filled with a mixture of soil from the plot, ash from our burn ups and the compost that was bought yesterday so we can plant that out in a couple of weeks time. To finish off the day we cut down the old sheets of corrugated plastic that was lying around to make mini poly tunnels/cloches to protect our little seedlings.