Beadle

Beadle's round with some late seedlings, so found some places to plant them. Runner beans where the onions and garlic were, plus two tomatoes and a pepper on newly vacated space in the potatoes bed ... but dug in completely new compost to try and avoid blight build up.

Nearly everything planted

Planted the butternut squashes into the skip bag. Four in one bag. The soil is very heavy, with rotting straw/menu so we'll see if they can manage that.


Picked about half the over-winter onions and laid them under a plastic cloche to dry out (I think this is what you are supposed to do). Not sure what to do with garlic - very affected with rust and some are still quite small. Tried half lifting them (maybe it gives them a shock to swell the bulbs) and also uncovering the bulb (think they may be planted too deep).



Potted up the tomatoes - they dont look really healthy but maybe they will pick up. The climbing franch beans and starting to take off, whilst the dwarf beans look rather unhealthy.

So, nearly everything is planted. Only 3 cougrettes to go - I think theyt could go into space when the onions and garlic are cleared.

Another raised bed

 
Finsihed another box to go on right side. Dug inside around edge and lined with plastic bags to at least 6" below ground level (which is 6" below top of soil in the box anyway). Layed down black fabric around the box which will get covered with the woodchip. Hopefully, this may keep the grass out.

Planted one half with climbing french beans, and the other with yet more leeks.

More rain as June starts

Constructed a makeshift edge around the large bed at the back and planted out the sweetcorn. Made a sort of cover from the plastic mesh, just in case it gets a little cold, although I think we're pretty safe from a frost.

Michael helped collecting more woodchip to layout the paths around that area, which looks quite nice now.


Some of the onions are going to seed, the garlic is very affected by some sort of rust (fungus I think). Potatoes doing well, they seemed to have recovered from the frost damage and I might try digging one or two up soon.