After a week away and some catching up in the office, I took advantage of the glorious weather to get into the garden and cracked on with a number of jobs that have been bubbling under on the “To Do” list.  These included mowing, planting the elephant garlic, weeding the asparagus bed again, checking the brassicas, finishing clearing up the growbags and pots that had hosted the blighted tomatoes (a couple have started to re-grow, so I’m giving them a little time to see if we can sneak a late harvest) and potting on some strawberry runners to get a strawberry bed started on the allotment.  I harvested the first of the Kalibos cabbages and this looks absolutely splendid.

 With the cabbage weighing in at the thick end of 2lb we’ll get plenty of meals out of it and the glorious weather at the moment should be helping the others to mature like this one.

Kalibos cabbage

The main job was to powerwash the back patio to clear out the moss and lichen as well as clean up the stones.  When this dries out tomorrow I’ll brush it down and will then transfer the various plants and cuttings that have been on the table to the cold frame so that we can have a sitting space again.  No doubt the sun will disappear just before we have chance to use it, but we live in hope.