(Nearly) everything is growing

"Orla" potatoes are growing really fast. "Premiere" and "Arran Pilot", planted a couple of weeks later are just showing above ground level.


Summer cabbages "Minicole" and "Marner Fruhrot" moved from root trainers into the ground last week. Slugs have made a bit of an impact, but most plants have survived.

The onion sets planted in the autumn are making bulbs now, and the shallots I planted a few weeks ago to fill in the gaps have all got a healthy head of foliage.

Wasp Nest

The last couple of visits to the plot, I've noticed a large wasp flying around the shed. Had a good look inside today and there was the start of a nest, including the first few larvae, attached to the roof.

Failed in my attempt to squash the wasp, but she flew away and I took the opportunity to remove her nest. I feel a bit bad about this, but the alternative is to not be able to use my shed, and possibly the lower half of my plot, for most of the summer.

Year 3 Begins

It's now nearly 2 years since I took possession of plot 24b. Nice to have completed clearance of the turf and weeds at the end of last season, so not so much work to get things ready this year.

Managed a good couple of days work, in sunny spring weather, this weekend. Fruit is pruned, top dressed with bone meal and chicken pellets, and mulched with a generous layer of wood chippings. The old compost heap has been spread over what will be this season's brassica patch, and sowings of shallots and broad beans made.