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| Runners at the front, french beans at the back |
So finally my back feels a little better, the threat of frost is getting less and I can get a bit more out in the allotment. We made a bean cane structure a few weeks ago as I was just too impatient not to and finally, today (again due to my impatience), I planted out runner beans up the one side and french beans up the other. The shed provides a bit of a wind break for the bean structure but I need to keep my peepers peeled for any news of a late frost.
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| 10.5.15 |
Potatoes, onions and lettuce are all coming along nicely and the more established rhubarb is nearly ready for some cutting. Rhubarb vodka? crumble? or both? The wild flower seed still hasn't shown so I am going to collect a few good pollinating flowers for the bees and put them at the bottom of the plot. I have also sewn beetroot seeds in trays to be transplanted when they are big enough.
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All in all it looks like it is going pretty well, but the slugs have started to rear their heads and the weeds are never ending. Still, no one said it was going to be easy and the allotment is still one of my favourite places (apart from my scary shed!).
I haven't got a picture of Bobbin (the Robin) yet but he has been around this morning, making use of the upturned soil and the juicy worms that go with it, I do wish he would eat some slugs though!
Much love and happy digging to you all
Tracey xx
Glad your back is improving. The allotment seems to be coming along well.
ReplyDeleteI love rhubarb! Vodka is a very good idea ;-) There is also a fab rhubarb & ginger muffin recipe that Jamie Oliver does - very nice. Xx
Ooo I will check that out thank you! Do you grow much? xx
ReplyDeleteVarious flowers in pots plus strawberries, broad beans, peas, toms, peppers and a few herbs (mint, parsley and rosemary). I don't have a garden or allotment - just a concrete jungle (all paved over!) but there is plenty of space and I have a greenhouse which is handy. My Mum had very green fingers, she was a brilliant gardener so I'm aspiring to be like her as I get older :-) I'm not very good yet though! Xx
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