One of the results of our trip to France, and the quantities of fresh asparagus that we consumed was the decision that we are going to start a bed at home.

After a couple of exploratory trips to local garden centres, we ended up getting some crowns, which were not the variety that we’d initially wanted.  We will have to see how “Baacklim” works out.  It is apparently a “mid to late season male variety with consistent yields of large, smooth spears with well closed tips. It has good disease resistance.” (Unwins website).

Lynn started digging the bed yesterday evening and I got it finished and planted up today.  This is an investment for the future.

Also this week we bought a batch of root training pots for the leeks and I had a merry session in the shed, potting on the leeks into the new root trainers as well as planting some additional sweet peas.

Gardening in the sunshine while Radio 4 burbles on in the background has to be some sort of epitome of middle England.