Earthing Up!

Very excited yesterday afternoon to see a whole lot more of the potatoes starting to poke their way through the surface. The first half of the first earlies were doing so well that we earthed them up last night

 

 

The other half of the row is slightly behind but only by a few days and the good news is that the tips of the main crop potatoes have started to appear too so all is looking good!

 

We planted some runner beans in pots at home a couple of weeks ago. They didn't seem to do much for quite a while so I brought them indoors and of course they all germinated straight away

 

'PING!'

 

 

We have some old bamboo canes so will plant them out shortly.

 

So everything is looking good..........and the only problem is hayfever! Its been quite bad the last couple of days so I may have to take some antihistamines for it. Hayfever and needing to work on the allotment do not mix!

First Sign of Life!

It was  so exciting when we went over to the plot yesterday afternoon! The first signs of growth!

 

Yep, several of the Duke of York first earlies were breaking through the surface. We weren't expecting to see anything for another week seeing as we only planted them a week ago.

Time to start earthing up!

 

We have nearly cleared the area around the strawberry bed now.

 

 

Just need to remove some of the raspberries nearby and then we will try and board the strawberries in and protect them as best we can. They are already fruiting.

We've put up some notices in case anyone wants any of our surplus raspberry canes but not had any takers yet.

 

TK's friend came and helped us yesterday too so I gave them the job of doing some digging, which left me with not a lot I could do. I set them to work on some old earthed up areas as the soil was quite loose there...............and this is what they dug up!

 

 

 Not sure if any of them are any good, but we'll give them a try.

 

Can't believe how lucky we have been so far!