Wow, what a beautiful weekend we've just had! After the incredibly cold and seemingly prolonged winter, it's like someone just flicked a switch and pumped up the temperature! The plants have finally woken up and are beginning to put on some really good growth. The sudden dry spell has demanded a dedication to regular watering so we spent yesterday afternoon tending the little seedlings down at the allotment. and talking of little seedlings.....here is little P being a very well behaved young lady, happily focussed on eating her apple in the shade while mummy and daddy get on with planting and watering.
What a lot of planting has been going on too. The seedlings are fairing really well under our mega netting cloches we constructed last week and as you can see from the photo below, I've added some more little plants to my newly dug cutting patch. It's now sporting giant sunflowers, dwarf sunflowers, cosmos, calendula and nasturtiums. I'm hoping the greedy slugs dont manage to discover the patch until these little plants have had a bit of time to establish themselves.
And here is one of the triangle beds, it was supposed to be filled with dwarf french beans. I planted about 6 bean plants here last week but I had some luttuce in the greenhouse clearly aching to go outside so they're now sharing this bed until my next batch of dwarf beans have germinated under glass.
I'm hoping to show you some very exciting craft projects very soon.....they're ideas floating around in my head at the moment but the aim is to at least start one project by the end of the week. Until then, enjoy the sunshine!!
What a lot of planting has been going on too. The seedlings are fairing really well under our mega netting cloches we constructed last week and as you can see from the photo below, I've added some more little plants to my newly dug cutting patch. It's now sporting giant sunflowers, dwarf sunflowers, cosmos, calendula and nasturtiums. I'm hoping the greedy slugs dont manage to discover the patch until these little plants have had a bit of time to establish themselves.
And here is one of the triangle beds, it was supposed to be filled with dwarf french beans. I planted about 6 bean plants here last week but I had some luttuce in the greenhouse clearly aching to go outside so they're now sharing this bed until my next batch of dwarf beans have germinated under glass.
I'm hoping to show you some very exciting craft projects very soon.....they're ideas floating around in my head at the moment but the aim is to at least start one project by the end of the week. Until then, enjoy the sunshine!!
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