It grows while I watch it

       The grass grows while one watches it! It is that time of year when air warms up, the soil warms up and a little bit (or even a lot!) of rain and off the grass goes!! Man! So, yes, mowed grass this last week and of course a fair amount of weeding! They grow well too in these conditions. I have been cutting asparagus. Not massive amounts but enough for a couple of breakfasts with a fresh boiled egg!

   I took the opportunity to buy a few more Marie de Bois strawberry plants and added those to the strawberry bed. It is almost full! I probably need another twelve plants which I ought to get later in the year from runners coming off established plants. Sweet peppers transplanted to pots, aubergines transplanted to an outside bed and various tomato seedlings transplanted to pots. The first early and second early potatoes are well under way and I noticed that the main crop, Desiree, are starting to show. No broad beans yet but there are signs with small pods showing. The peas and mangtout are going well. Various seeds germinating in the poly tunnel! Its all go!

   On the chicken front I am please to announce that one of the hens has gone broody this last week and is now sitting on ten eggs. Fingers crossed! Coops cleaned out and the average number of eggs this week is 6.29 a little up on last week.

Early potato bed

Garlic and onion beds