12 April - Another 40 spuds in

Went up on my bike Saturday morning with another 40 spuds wrapped in bubble wrap in my back pack! I've put them in the front bed on the top allotment. I had to dig up a row of leeks to make room for the fourth row.

I've also spent a bit of time weeding the empty raised beds on the bottom allotment and took the opportunity to tidy the shed up a bit. Next time I have to go in the car I've got a fair bit of rubbish to get rid of. There were a few early potatoes showing through under the glass panels so I've earthed them up and raised the panels so the foliage doesn't touch the glass.
I also dug up a few more parsnips.
At home I've now re-done the raised beds in the back garden and added about 90L of fresh compost. This was followed by a row of peas which I put along the back of both beds. In the remaining area of one bed I sowed 4 rows of carrots (3 different varieties) and in half of the other one I sowed some mixed salad. I've left an area for further sowings to try and stagger them.
The tomatoes are coming on well and need putting into pots now. The red cabbage are doing ok as are the leeks and the peppers have germinated but are still pretty small. I'm going to sow some more peas in newspaper pots to add to the ones I have left to put in at plot. The sweet peas are looking great - I've pinched the tops out of them.
I've just got 20+ potatoes (Desiree) to put in now.