Still no rain, so we are spending more time than we would like watering those plants that we have managed to Plant out in the parched earth. The grass paths are changing from a spring green to a late summer yellow.
The cold frame, that we moved the previous week, was upended by strong winds so it didn't exactly protect the newly planted dahlias alongside it.
Fortunately the dahlias escaped with little damage and have now bounced back.
Martyn, has managed to cultivate a few more beds. These were mainly ones that had been still covered with weed control fabric so the soil still possessed a modicum of moisture. I have a feeling that some beds will remain unpopulated this year.
The crates of potatoes were moved out of the Garden greenhouse. I've never seen potato tops as tall. To give you some idea I asked, Martyn to stand by them.
Martyn, is six feet tall so I'm guessing the potato tops are about five feet tall.
The carrots, that were growing in the shadow of the potatoes, must be breathing a sigh of relief!
One of the potato varieties - Casablanca - was flowering so we decided to tip out the crate in the hope that the growth wasn't all above 'ground' and that there were some tubers to harvest.
We were quite pleased with what we found. Only two seed potatoes had been planted from which we harvested 1.3 kg (2.9 lb). We're hoping that the crate containing International Kidney had done as well.
Strawberry plants, that are still living in our garden cold frames, provided us with our first strawberry harvest of the year.
In fact all last week's harvesting came from the garden rather than the allotment. The lettuce - All Year Round - was grown in a pot in the garden greenhouse and the radish were sown between the carrots in the crates. The radishes are Multi-coloured Breakfast, although all the ones picked last week were the usual red.
We did manage to plant the rest of the broad beans, although we watered the area, in which they were to be planted, twice before planting which delayed things a little.
The plants looked very sorry for themselves after being planted but seem to have cheered up. Just more to add to our watering regime. We're just hoping that we don't end up with water restrictions. I have a feeling that this season plants are going to struggle. I have even heard that it's possible that we may have a frost in June! Just what's going on?
Ruby was quite exhausted after carrying out a plot inspection and helping with the watering.
This week I am linking to harvest Monday hosted on
Dave's blog Our Happy Acres
