Well all this Spring sunshine has certainly brought on the plants. The flat leaf parsley has bolted and so I have removed it. The chooks have enjoyed that. In the gaps I have planted two tomato plants, Cyril's Choice and Grushovka. The broad beans are setting teeny tiny beans. The grape vines are unfurling their leaves. The garlic and onions are thickening up and shooting up. The beetroot leaves are doubling in size; chard too. Today's task was to empty the shelving of flower seedlings, moving them to the coldframe for hardening off. Then I planted each of my pepper seedlings into Morrisons' pots, filled with growbag medium, for hanging shelf growing. The peppers will remain in there so long as the weather is a constant 10 degrees at night.
My daughter's peas are through and we have two nice straight lines of double seedlings. The canes are already in place as it is a climbing pea, but I have not yet put up any netting. This I will do soon, as I am sure they will romp away in this heat. I also have a white borage plant flowering away. This year I must collect seed.
The sides are being lifted each day on the Haygrove at the moment and I love the fact that I can do this in order to assist air flow.
