Some pictures…

I’ve been quite busy in recent days, due to impending exams, hence my lack of posting.

Anyway, things have been growing quite a bit as the miserable wet weather ceased for a few days whilst the sun came out. We are now back under the usual clouds and it appears we will be for the next 3/4 days at least. Anyway, as promised:

The french beans are in the process of being hardened off. I plan on sorting out the celery in the next couple of days also.

The runner beans that can be seen along the back went in at the end of last week and three courgette plants, which can sort of be made out in this photo, went out on Monday. Also, sweet peas have been planted at the base of the vertical supports of the bean frame in an attempt to attract the bees. The pots have had their bottoms removed so as the roots can bury further into the soil (I just wanted them raised above the other crops).

As can be seen from this photo, from left, spinach, lettuce and beetroot seem to be doing quite well. I have made a few successional sowings of beetrootin containers since these were sown  to ensure continuous cropping hopefully.

The same can also be said for the beet leaf and radish and also the kelvedon wonder peas.

The debris netting protecting the brassicas has also managed to stand up to the recent winds. After a caterpillar egg inspection yesterday I believe it is doing its job as I didn’t come across any. Fingers crossed.

This aminopyralid is still doing my head in! I’m having to be so careful with what I compost. I have to remember where I put manure over the winter and anything that has grown in it cannot be composted. All rhubarb leaves and radish leaves have had to go in the grey bin so as the herbicide hopefully does not to make a comeback.