Henry and I went down after lunch today, we had been to the garden centre in the morning and had bought some onion sets (Red Onion - Electric), and some Spinach seeds.
First thing we did was clear out the potato bed (we dug up and collected all the potatoes, and then disposed of the foliage on the compost heap). We had two big baskets full of potatoes ! Then we dug over and weeded the bed taking care not to damage the Little Gem lettuces we have at one end and then Henry did a really good raking job, and we removed some stones and bricks (I mustn't have been as thorough in digging the bed in the beginning !). Then we planted 5 rows of red onions. We covered them with netting as we'd read that birds like to pull them out of the ground.
We didn't have time to plant the spinach seeds, and we are not quite sure where to plant them as we wanted to leave the space inbetween the onions and Little Gem lettuce for garlic (the Allotment Shop opens this Saturday and they have some Garlic for sale). We'll sort it out though I'm sure !
Then we picked a courgette and a load of broccoli (purple and green) and went home.
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