Not a spud master

I explored the winter spuds yesterday.   Four out of nine have not come up. In the process I found a few shoots under a few cm of soil by breaking them off. Oops. I've covered them in domes. Hopefully some TLC will help.   What a fool.   Not my first mistake like this. When dutifully weeding a couple of days after planting them I damaged a couple. They might be the missing ones :(

Yesterday I also attacked a rose whilst Tamsin planted tulips. I beat the rose 5-1.  You couldn't see the yew hedge when I started.

Finally, a big compost rethink today. Made the near-house pile smaller and the far pile bigger to encourage stirring. 

Lovely lunch

Our garlic, potatoes, courgettes and rosemary makes for a delicious fresh lunch.

Abigail's spuds

Monty Don on Gardener's World and my mum have encouraged us to harvest potatoes. I'd resisted, thinking they should wait, but the lure of new potatoes was too great.

Abigail planted them and she dug them up.