Saturday

Good job I didn't believe the weather forecast that Saturday was going to be the day with showers and Sunday the clear day as we had hail on and off all day Sunday along with rain and only 1 shower on Saturday which occurred whilst I was in the shower after having returned from the plot!

I got in another 2 lots of potatoes, these were Aran Victory and the Pink Fir Apples, I still have the Cara left but my back was getting sore from the digging and pulling weeds out of the second bed especially so I left those for next time.

I also planted 2 troughs of basil in the shed and hopefully will get a good crop from those. I propped them up so they're in full sunlight most of the time. Half a packet of chrysamthemum's went in at the end of the Pink Fir Bed as well, so hopefully there will be some nice colour to look at over the summer, I will plant the other half of the packet when I have another bit of leftover space.

I have some broccoli and cauliflower seedlings up already, really must get the bed ready for those, didn't I say that last year? I've decided that with what I need to get in now Square Foot Gardening will have to wait until I am actually short of space, when I have an allotment with a ton of beds in it there's no real point trying to do something that focuses on a small amount of space. I will keep reading the book and start doing some plans of what I will do when I do need to use the technique but the plot will have all big beds, that means 2 and a third left to dig before the whole plot is in use, just wish I could get up the enthusiasm to dig again, it's such a dull hard job but I must get on with it next time I'm there or else I'll have seedlings with no homes yet again.