Busy times. Suddenly there’s a month of work and photos to show, with ample proof of the arrival of spring.
The last post ended with Jerusalem artichokes going into the ground. One has made its first appearance out of it, photo taken on 18 April:
The rhubarb on 29 March, in a bed infested with couch grass:
…and a fortnight later, on 13 April, with not so much couch grass:
Preparing the ground for Arran Pilot first early potatoes on 5 April:
Planting them the same day:
And the first potato sprouts, taken on 26 April:
Cherry blossom on Easter Monday, 13 April:
Thirteen days later:
Redcurrants already (not yet red), on 18 April:
Close up:
Plum blossom and the beginnings of leaves in the woods on 5 April:
Friends helping out – definitely a change to be welcomed – on Easter Monday, digging, tidying the borders of the beds and planting onion sets (Jet Set and Red Baron), in front of slightly leafier woods:
The onions sprouting on 26 April:
Perpetual spinach, overwintered onions, globe artichoke and garlic in the foreground on 26 April. The trees of the wood are now thickly leaved and casting shade, and the grass growing like mad:
After several hours of effort:
It won’t stay like that, but a compliment was forthcoming from the allotment society secretary, no less.
Shame about the woodworm destroying the shed:
Shame too that I have no seeds on the go yet, unbelievably.
