Finished off the latest box, filled with ex-compost heap. Looking quite nice so decided it needed something and about all that was left was a couple of small melon plants for £1.25 - planted them up and covered with a plastic cloche for extra heat (even though it's roasting hot already). Let's see how they do, nothing much to loose.
Garlic all dying on top so dug up and left to dry out. Also a few of the onions. Even the best onions are not that great and some are about same size as when planted. Not a great year for them!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Lettuce - first crop of year
First crop of the year ... picked the lettuces -- although not much from each after removing snail-eaten outer leaves.
Squashes - twi died, one struggling but one taking off and a couple of fruit set already. Planted a cucumber in one corner of the bad but looking like the squash will take over before it gets going.
Very hot. Plenty of watering required.
Working on the latest box. LIned with blue dpm from a skip and filled with green compost, muck. Finally emptied compost bin to top of that box -- nice compost at bottom. Also, disturbed a snakes nest (3 large ones, numerous babies).
Squashes - twi died, one struggling but one taking off and a couple of fruit set already. Planted a cucumber in one corner of the bad but looking like the squash will take over before it gets going.
Very hot. Plenty of watering required.
Working on the latest box. LIned with blue dpm from a skip and filled with green compost, muck. Finally emptied compost bin to top of that box -- nice compost at bottom. Also, disturbed a snakes nest (3 large ones, numerous babies).
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