Today, Sunday, 23rd March, a pair of pet dogs got into the grounds and attacked the chickens. We lost five, one being Little Chick who had been raised from an egg. A call to the gendarmes and eventually the owners called to collect them. Compensation pending.
In the garden lots of transplanting going on including Little Gem and salad bowl lettuce, more Aubergines and Ethel Watkins best tomatoes (both own seed and bought). At last the field beans have flowers on them! There are now more pea pods in the poly tunnel and the Louvier cabbage in there is growing as you watch it!
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| Bay Tree flowers |
The Bay tree, currently living in the poly tunnel, has loads of flowers on it. Also in the poly tunnel fleece cloche seeds are stirring. I will soon been having to transplant more tomato varieties.
In an effort to try to get at least some sweet peppers I have sown more seed of one I grew last year, California Wonder, in to modules, however, I suspect it is too late! I have also sown in modules a first sowing of Sanguire beetroot. An experiment this year is to try to grown asparagus from gathered seed. If it works any return from them will be at least three to four years away!
In the outside garden the rhubarb is all but ready to pick. I have been preparing beds for the peas being grown in seed trays in the poly tunnel. They germinated within three days of sowing and are supposed to be transplanted outside when they are about two inches high. I reckon they are about a quarter of the way there.
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| Louvier cabbage in the poly tunnel, Little Gem to the right! |
More tidying up done. Edges straightened and the drive cleared of some overgrown grass and now it has rained again which can only mean the grass growing faster and me having to get the mower out! Hey ho!
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