The front of the plot is looking superb with all the tulips & daffodils in flower. They've all come so far in the last few days, & the wallflowers just starting - these are the photos from the 4th April & yesterday. Thinking ahead for when these are over, I planted out some poached egg, marigold, nasturtium & cornflower seedlings, & gave the leftover seedlings to Paul & Gill (at the front by the gate) who are making steady progress getting to know the plot. I pulled a whole load of rhubarb (gave Paul & Gill some of this too) and came home to start off a batch of rhubarb wine. I had a lovely surprise this week when I found a long lost bottle of last year's rhubarb wine in the garage - brilliant!
It's not all been flowers - tonight I've planted out half a dozen CAULIFLOWER (all the year round), CALABRESE (waltham) & BRUSSELS SPROUTS (bedford filbasket), & thinned out the PARSNIPS (guernsey) to one per station, & sowed a row of RADISH (white icicle).
And much as I love the KALE (sutherland), I do keep looking at the broad beans - which are likely to be the first of the new season veg - can't wait!
Broad beans - My favourite :O)
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Those rhubarb leaves are positively verdant, and what a difference a week makes. Careful though, all this growing pretty stuff - we'll have you completely corrupted eventually!
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Don't a few flowers brighten up a plot? I had Opium Poppies last year but I think the word is getting around that I'm strange!
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