A quick visit..

Lyta and I cycled down to see Doug today whilst Phil was away.  There wasn't too much to do.  

Lyta managed to dig up a large amount of horsetail (yes, more of it) and helped to trim the grass at the front of the plot without decapitating the marigolds!

 

The beans we planted last week were dead (cause unknown) so Lyta used the poles to plant her Borlotti Beans.  We'll try with the french beans again next week.  At least the marigolds appear now to be taking and growing.  And the beetroot, turnip and swede plants do look to be going from strength to strength and will need to be thinned out soon.  The potatoes are all looking good and growing so they should produce a reasonable harvest.

I dug in the two new herbs from Otter Farm - the Hot & Spicy Oregano and the French Sorrel. These are both very exciting, the sorrel tastes almost as good as the wild wood variety and the oregano has an amazing aroma to it.  We just need to get chives and basil to grow and we should have a very comprehensive selection.

There's no sign of last week's carrot and cut-and-come-again plantings so we'll see if anything has come up next week.  I did lay a small sprinkling of slug pellets down in the hope that we weren't too late!!!  

Our pride and joy continues to be our brassicas.  We picked our second cauliflower today, along with more purple sprouting broccoli.  At least four older/more experienced plot holders said they couldn't get cauliflowers to grow so ours are quite a talking point amongst them *proud face*

We are still eagerly awaiting the end of June when we can start to harvest the garlic and onions.  They are all looking so very healthy and we can't wait to get our first taste of them all.

Next week, we'll be back with Phil and without the sulky teen, so there will be more work done (allegedly!)