Saturday 24th May 2008

Daddy & Uncle Nige were levelling out the side of the house and shovelling all the soil and rubble into the skip at home so Henry and I went shopping at Homebase and bought 2 Butternut Squash plants, a tray of beetroot, and a redcurrant bush.

We then went down to the Allotment and started looking around at what had happened since we had last been on Wednesday. Some more of the potatoes had come through, and some more peas, and the lettuce had grown a bit but no sign of anything else yet.

Uncle Carl & Auntie Julie visited then and Uncle Carl helped by edging the front of our plot. We planted the redcurrant bush at the front right of our plot, and then we put some replacement beans in the 'Legumes' bed to replace the one which had died. Uncle Carl had quite a few of them so we planted some in the middle of the existing 6 as well. Then Uncle Carl and Henry went to find some branches to use as pea sticks to support the peas when they start growing properly.

Then we planted a yellow courgette plant that Uncle Carl brought too, and planted 2 rows of beetroot, the 2 Butternut Squash plants and a row of celeriac that Uncle Carl had grown. That has finished the 'Roots' bed as far as planting goes. The only thing we are missing now really is the wood to be able to edge the existing beds and create Henry's new bed. While all the planting was going on Henry and Auntie Julie were doing lots and lots and lots of watering !

In the afternoon Nanna & Grandad came to see it, and Grandad piled the soil up on the potatoes, and it looked really neat - the only problem is that we can't see our lovely little potato plants any more !!! We'll have to be patient and wait for them to break through !