Planting out

Arrived at the plot after I had taken a trailer load of rubbish to the tip and collected a load of council compost. Spotted Mike who let me borrow his rotorvator to break down the soil in the legume, root & onion beds. I had put a covering of council compost on each & rotorvated this in. Once I had done this I planted out the broad beans I sowed in loo rolls & poundland shallots.

Broad beans

Shallots

In the greenhouse the radishes have sprouted.

All the onions (Stutgarter Giant).....

And shallots have started to sprout also. I will harden these of over the next few days & then plant them out.

I still have loads to do including more digging (groan!), seed sowing and planting out of seedlings & so it goes on......

Seedlings galore!

Nearly all the seedlings that I sowed recently have come up...

The broad beans (Aquadulce Claudia) have all germinated and are ready to go out.

These are the beetroot seedlings that I sowed as Monty Don suggested, in clusters in modules.

Cosmos seedlings.

Tomato seedlings

And finally - poundland shallots - going great guns - so far well worth the pound that I paid for them.

I am hardening off the shallots & broad beans at the moment so that they will be OK when I plant them out.

That's shallot!

It was a dull day today, but not too cold. Managed to get to the plot in the afternoon, ventured into the greenhouse and noticed that loads more of the poundland shallots have sprouted - hoorah!

I filled up 2 of the grey crates with compost and planted out the lettuce (little Gem). The tubs are very deep & so next time will put some council compost into them first, then top them off with ordinary compost.

A art from pottering in the greenhouse, I got on with more digging on bed 3. The couch grass is very thick & it is hard work getting it all out - I think it is worse than the bind weed!

Rather than completely dig the beds in turn, I think I am going to get a bit of each of the ones I still have left to prepare so that I can get the seedlings out. My broad bean seedlings need to be put out ASAP, and as yet I have no where to put them.