A Sunny Day!

Sunny day yesterday, so went down the garden again. Planted out 6 rows of spuds as follows:

1 row Charlotte (salad potatoes) nearest the greenhouse
2 rows Duke of York (first earlies)
2 rows Maris Peer (second earlies)
1 row King Edward (maincrop)

Then dug over half the onion bed and planted:
30 Stuttgarter Giant (nearest the greenhouse)
15 Reds
20 Setton
20 Reds
20 Stuttgarter Giant

Today, another sunny day so went to the allotment with my son. My neighbour had pulled up the old concrete slabs that used to be her front path, so we collected them for the allotment. Most are broken so really only useful to hold down weed sheeting, but there are about a dozen that can be used for part of a pathway.

We had a good tidy up. We lifted most of the old weed sheeting and turned it over and laid it neatly. The sheeting had been held down by mostly rotten timber and old branches that had been left on the plot, but we got rid of most of that and used the old broken bits of concrete instead. This makes the whole plot look neater and the sheeting is held down better than before.

I also cleared away the weeds that had grown under, over and through the blackcurrant bush. I only discovered the bush by chance last year. It's now in the open and should thrive this year. I'll put some weed sheeting around the base when I get a chance.

We also dug up a huge old mound of weeds and grass in the middle of the plot - this was a mound that built up last year, just for somewhere to put it. The 2nd potato bed had been under weed sheeting and is mostly weed free, so will just need a quick dig over before planting out.

We planted out 30 King Edwards in the first potato bed, from the centre path end of the bed. There is still plenty of space for other potatoes, probably the Duke of York first earlies. I'll plant the rest of the Maris Peer and Charlottes in the 2nd potato bed soon, and will divide them with a couple of rows of onions.