More sowing

This morning was another opportunity to sow some more seeds. I've given up on some of the things I planted in the autumn, hoed up all the weeds, and sown some new things in soil that is beginning to warm up. With any luck at all, the newly sown things will have a much better chance of germinating, and so go on to become proper crops.

I have some sweetcorn in the propagator which has germinated and will need to be put in bigger pots next week, and some seedlings in bigger pots which are growing steadily on the windowsill. It's all go.

A Time for Sowing

Today was a big seed sowing day. Carrots, Jerusalem Artichokes, Beetroot, Peas, and sweetcorn have all been sown today. Let us just hope that it is not too early and that they all survive. I've even managed to write down where they all are, so I shouldn't get any surprises when things start to appear.

Two out of three isn't bad.

There were three jobs on the list today:-

i) Tidy the shed

ii) tidy up the area where scrap wood has been dumped

iii) build a new net tunnel

Well, I found someone there to open the shop and let me have four 8ft long bamboo canes, but I left the hacksaw at home, Thus the water pipe remains uncut and the net tunnel is a job for tomorrow (maybe)

The shed is a lot tidier, the scrap wood is tidied up and the rubbish is in the back of the Land Rover, and I weeded a couple of the beds. I have to say, they look good now. I just wish the weather and ground would warm up so that stuff can get on with growing.

The Season starts.

At long last the weather has reached the point where we (Thomas and I) could go to the allotment and do something sensible. We planted our early potatoes (Swift and Charlotte), so hopefully we shall get some good eating from those later. Then we sewed some Parsnips, Spinach and Carrots which should also get on the plates at home. It was a joy to be out in the fresh air with the sun shining, albeit that the temperature was not that high.

The only hiccup was that the water has not been turned on yet, so we were unable to brew tea and coffee. We must take some water next time.

We then went and purchased a roll of water pipe with which to make hoops to go over the beds in the allotment to create another net tunnel and I might try to create a mini poly tunnel to provide a mechanism to warm the soil. We'll let you know how that goes.