Spring is here

We have had a couple of lovely Spring days so I lost no time in getting out into the garden and mucking about. I have now planted the raspberry canes. I went a bit mad and not only double-dug the plot but also knocked up a small raised bed for the raspberries.


The seedlings are going well. Jake's corn and tomatoes and carrots have germinated although in a haphazard fashion! I will have to make a separate little plot for his produce :-).

I ordered a giant eco-green growing tunnel with a fine green tinted mesh to keep out the nasties and have marked out a new plot. I also want to order the same tunnel but with a polythene cover to grow the aubergines as they need plenty of warmth.

The slugs are back and made a nice meal out of the brocolli. I've bought some bell cloches to protected them while they are small and a slug trap. I will also order some nematodes and treat all the raised beds and plots.

Looking at my little plot now I can see it is slowly filling up and it is only a matter of time before I run out of space! I would like to get a couple of chickens too. A friend told me I needed 1 sq metre per chicken so I'm not sure where I would put them. This is the problem when you don't design your plot beforehand. In my case it has grown organically as and when I've decided to grow more.