We had a really super afternoon at the allotment today. I'm still waiting for several seedings to be large enough to transplant from my greenhouse to the plot, so we didnt have any to take down to plant today which was a shame, however there was still plenty to do!
We had a bit of a weed and tidy session and then planted some seeds in the front right cutting patch. Today we put in Giant single sunflowers, hedging sunflowers, cornflowers and a row of mixed salad leaves towards the front. I'm hoping these seeds germinate as I didnt have much success with the sunflower seeds I put in the left hand cutting patch.
Mr B attached our plot sign to the front raised bed- I think you can just make it out in this photograph (above) on the right of the picture.
We then netted our strawberries (below), and I was pleased to discover that in the cutting patch just to the front of the strawberries there are quite a few self seeded nasturtiums, cosmos and calendula coming up! I'll need to remember to keep these watered now and to take care when weeding this bed!
Little P had a great afternoon and made a new friend. She was happily playing for about three hours which was great, normally we struggle to keep her enthusiastic about staying at the plot for more than about an hour!
And here is little P's allotment patch. You can see towards the left of the bed, her two little rows of radish have germinated. She also has strawberries and raspberries growing happily in her patch, and today we put in more radish, mixed salad and carrot seeds.
This bed was given a bit of TLC today and was weeded and watered and then popped in a pumpkin plant, waiting to be joined in about a weeks time by others from the greenhouse.
Hope your weekend was as productive as ours- check back tomorrow for a sneek preview to a great new sewing book I aquired this weekend!
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