Wednesday 12 May 2010

May and too cold!

It's very cold at night at the moment and there was a frost on Monday and a more severe one forecast tonight.
I have resisted planting most stuff so far but I've got plants in pots everywhere in the greenhouse and in the conservatory! Some neighbouring allotmenteers put their beans out on Sunday but I didn't risk it. I have loads of plants needing pricking out but not enough rooom. My earliest potatoes under the glass on a raised bed are doing really well and the rest of the 100 I have planted were earthed up at the weekend. I will be going up tonight to do some more earthing up.
The onions and broad beans are looking fine and I have nearly dug all the second half. I keep doing a bit and planting as I go, the latest addition was some beetroot.
Can't wait to put the tomatoes and aubergines out at home and get the peppers, courgettes, butternut squash, pumpkins, sweetcorn, beans, etc. out at the allotment.
My eldest daughter's Tulips: