Lost wedding ring

On Monday I decided to tidy up this area.I weeded and bagged up 4 bags of rubbish and moved the compost heap by hand obviously.I also weeded my carrot bed and planted some Painted Lady runner beans.basically I was all over the plot.Later that night I noticed my wedding ring had slipped off whilst in the garden,a search of that foung nothing and on Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday have been going through bags of rubbish and compost to try and find it at the allotment.

The area has now been dug over and another bag of roots dug out of the ground.Tomorrow I will be back weeding and sieving through garden debris until I find it.

On the produce front I have had my first new potatoes of the year Blemish free Pentland Javelins very nice they were too.I will leave the rest for a bit longer.I have also harvested a Garlic clove which was a bit on the small side so they will be left for a bit longer.I have had some more strawberries and broad beans.

I have planted rows of French Breakfast radish,Gladiator parsnips,Red salad Bowl lettuce and Annabel dwarf French beans.

On the potting on front I have done Sungold,Mortgage Lifter,Latah,Early Tanana,Sungella,Dwarf Mr Snow and Tasmanian Chocolate tomatoes,Tobacco,4 Seasons strawberry,Tzimbalo,Echinacea and Rudbeckia Rustic Dwarf.

On the failure front Bonne Bouche is a no show and my Paton's Twin Giant pumpkin seeds have still not germinated from early May so have been repotted and left outside.

Allotment update.

A couple of nice days has enabled me to get down to the allotment for some planting and weeding.

One task is to tidy up my wilderness area.My neighbour to the left makes no effort to clear up any part of this area.

I made a start yesterday and managed to pull out a dalek full of nettles,cleavers and other assorted crap.

I have planted out some Black Beauty courgettes and Maskotka tomato plants that have been hardening off in the garden.
I have weeded and hoed a bed next to my Strawberries and planted some Little Gem lettuce,Boltardy beetroot,AYR lettuce,Chioggia beetroot and French Breakfast radishes.

Plantings and potting up.

I have been a bit behind with what I have been planting and potting uo so here's an update.
I have started pots of  Painted Lady runner beans,Hungarian Zucchini and Partner Gherkhins.
On the tomato front I have potted up Losetto,Koralik,Sweet Million,Beijing Yellow,San Marzano,Monkey's Ass and Principe Borghese.
Into flower buckets I have potted on Reisentraube,Sungold,Latah.Mortgage Lifter and Slovenian Black tomatoes.
On the peper/chilli front I have potted on Napia Early Pointy Red Pepper,Alberto's Locoto and Black Hungarian Chilli.
I have potted up Marketmore cucumbers,Thai basil,Piccolino cucumbers,Moonlight runner beans,Catmint and some Helianthus Sungold.

Last week

A few allotment pics.

When I have finished elsewhere this little section needs to be attacked.It's currently where I have my Daleks and has a fine spread of nettles and a hidden tree stump.There is also a hidden table and chairs behind the weeds.

Here are the Picasso,Pink Fir Apple and Charlotte potatoes.In the background are the Onions which are rapidly going to seed.

I have planted some Headstart F1 sweetcorn,some Shirley,Harbinger and Losetto tomatoes.On the left is my overwintering garlic which has a touch of rust.

My early Pentland Javelin potatoes.Behind is my Brassica cage which is currently covering my Marshmellow strawberries.To the right of that are my Autumn Bliss raspberries

The legume bed,Aquadulce broad beans,Early Onward peas and some White Lady runner beans.

Last week at the allotment.

The Jubilee weather has not been conducive to going down the plot but I have done a bit of weeding and general tidying.The rain has been welcome since it saves me a good hour wandering back and forth to the Water tap laden with 2 litre plastic bottles full of water.

Another little section started off.In the plastic bottles I have planted Headstart Sweetcorn,in front of them are Shirley F1 Tomatoes and some French Winner Marigolds.Yesterday I finished this section off and had a good hoe to add more tomatoes later.
I have also planted some White Lady runner beans in the legume bed and will be adding to them when I have some more hardened off plants.

I have hacked down more grass to make a walkable path around the plot..
I have also earthed up 2 rows of Picasso and 1 of Charlotte,the Pentland Javelin will be done next.

I have finally had some produce,some strawberries (not the one above) and broad beans.

Weekly update

One day I will get the hang of posting pictures in historical order.

My neighbour kindly strimmed some of the long grass on my paths and i have done a little bit more so the paths are slightly more defined around my plot.I have one section still to do which contains nettles and various other weeds.I will probably leave it for a while since i am in planting mode.

I have weeded and watered my Onion/Shallot beds which are looking OK.

This is a picture of my Broad beans after a staking and weeding session this morning.

The blue sacks are full of weeds and make a clear gap between me and the neighbouring plot so there won't be any boundary disputes.

Yesterday's task with Mrs P was too cut away plastic pop bottle cloches and net with pea and bean netting.my Early Onward peas have some flowers on.I gave them a good watering since I had my helper to fetch and carry 2 litre plastic bottles.

This is the legume bed before weeding a mix of weeds and blue rubbish sacks and the peas covered with plastic bottle cloches.

This is my first fruit on my Marshmellow Strawberries next to a rogue Borage plant.The Strawberries are covered by my Brassica cage since I don't trust the birds.
I have planted a row of Early Nantes 2 Carrots,French Breakfast and Sparkler 3 Radishes in the gaps left by my failed Electric overwintering onions.
I have potted on batches of Purple Sprouting Broccoli,Sweet Genovese Basil,Romanesco Cauliflower,Russian Giant Sunflowers,Marketmore 76 Cucumbers,Black Beauty Courgettes,Picolino F1 Cucumbers and Gem Squashes.
In the Conservatory I have started batches of Bonne Boucene Runner Beans'Axima Leeks,Thai Basil,Purple and Green Delicacy Kohlrabi,White Lady Runner Beans,Headstart F1 Sweetcorn and Black Tuscany Kale.
I'm sure that I have missed something out but it will be added later.
In the garden I have potted up a pot of Sutton's Purple Potted Peas and masses of Tomato plants.
I think this brings me up to date and on a Sunday evening I am feeling quite knackered,

Lovely weather

It seems that a bit of nice weather is upon us so I have had a couple of days at the allotment.My problem is that 3 paths are all overgrown and my lottie neighbours are making no effort to tidy any portion of them.What really bugs me is that they have strimmed up to their boundary and left the paths that are about 4 foot high.Above is an area that I cleared with a handsaw leaving me with 3 blue sacks full of crap.I also got my first use of a Fiskars scythe on another section which was a joy to work with.My problem is that last year I strimmed in shorts and a T shirt and got very itchy,so this year in 25 degree heat I am totally covered up and sweating like a pig,Still little and often and it will soon be cleared.
Weeds are rampant in the Onion patch so I have been hand-weeding and hoeing for England.
I have planted a couple of half rows of Flyaway F1 carrots and a row of Gladiator F1 parsnips.