Allotmenteering again

It has laid off raining long enough for A. and I to get some serious work done.  We planted three gooseberries in traffic light order (thought A did admin to some confusion later on).

Then we dug over and weeded a plot and put in squash (butternut, round and blue banana).  Under the fleece are broccoli and cabbage, but the plants look pretty weedy and I am not optimistic they will survive the cold and the transfer.  More reason to knock up a better cold frame (work in progress).


 Finally some good news. The Early potatoes are on their way up.

Rotavator

Forgot to take before or after photos, but worked hard today with dad's 40? year old rotavator. I then planted some green manure in three of the plots. As usual I realised later that on was a winter crop, but too late now!

The first plot.

Rocket first earlies.   After planting the first row I read that the rows should go across the hill.  Since the allotment is on a slope that runs diagonally I changed the planting to be chevrons. One plot nearly done,  seven to go.

Paper Potter and sweetcorn

We bought the Paper Potter at RHS Hyde Hall. It helped make 46 biodegradable pots for sweetcorn that will hopefully go to the allotment. The seeds were last year's, which is not too bad for us!