Easter Weekend

We all went down on Good Friday morning before the rain came. We put the manure in the bed we are using for potatoes and also in the greenhouse. It was all dug in and watered into the greenhouse. We did some general tidying up and I planted some Sutton broad beans where the Claudia Aquadulce ones had died from the harsh winter. Hopefully the worst of the weather is behind us now.

We are off shortly (Easter Sunday) to plant 2 trays of Beetroot (Kestrel and Detroit 2 Crimson Globe), 2 pumpkin seeds (Spellbound) and 2 Squash (Little Dumpling), 1 row of Hurst Greenshaft peas directly into the soil, 2 trays of cabbage (January King and Greyhound), 1 tray of Brussels Sprouts (Bedford Fillbasket), 2 trays of lettuce (Lollo Rossa and Tom Thumb), 2 courgette plants (Italian variety Uncle Carl brought back from Italy a couple of years ago - we'll only plant 2 seeds as we will be overrun with them otherwise and we are likely to get some from Carmine !!), a tray of leeks (Musselburgh), a tray of Broccoli (Parthenon - the one that Graham gave us !), and finally a row of Spinach (Tirza), and Swiss Chard (Bright Lights) next to the remaining leeks.