Onion sets

Had the ground prepared so early this morning I planted onion sets -stugon ? The supervisor recommended plenty of our own compost. 3 rows 25 cm apart and then 10 cm between each set. I was a bit generous with the spacing but I really want to have a nice crop. I even used a school ruler for accuracy (a bit OCD ?)
It hasn't been sieved so it was funny picking out the monkey nut shells from last year. the circle of life and all that....

He who cuts the grass!

He who cuts the grass cut the grass yesterday.

New rose bed taking shape

Some roses were bought last autumn and a few have been here for years. Today they got planted in a newly designated rose bed. 9 roses on 2 levels with 5 sunflower slabs making a dividing foot path. Some progress  in a stressful day. The ground seems to be goodish but they got lovingly planted in brown gold.
Mojo (a ginger cat) came to a good home this time last year - he was bold, wild and fun but today was his last.

Extending the veg patch

We covered some extra ground in autumn with black stuff to kill off the grass. Removed it this evening so loads more digging to be done. Plan to run a path through it as it wasn't that well layed out last year. Getting a little daunted !!

St Patricks Day 2011

Productive day in the garden yesterday. Traditionally the day potatoes should be planted but that didn't happen here. We started out slipping some sallies and shoving 2 dozen into a damp area of the garden - we'll see if they help with soakage and maybe keep down the nettles in that patch.

Spring cleaning ??

After much dithering and checking the net we went down the jeyes fluid route to clean the polytunnel.
80 mls of jeyes fluid to 10 litres of water does a metre square. Supposed to clean the soil of bugs and just in case our cat or worse a neigbours cat has been visiting.

peas, kohlrabi and beetroot

Planted a few veg seeds in modules. Eventually found a sugar snap pea variety. Hope to keep planting seeds each month to avoid the glut of last year. Successional sowing takes discipline and practice.
Planted Azure blue last yaer but let them get a bit big. Have more recipies on standby for this years crop.
Don't eat beetroot but my supervisor does !