We had a trip down to the allotment today, having not been down for a couple of weeks and there was much excitement as stuff is now growing.  There are signs of the potatoes coming through, the onion sets have taken and the peas are sprouting.  Gardening gives many opportunities for childlike wonder, the best is at harvesting time, but it is closely followed by the emergence of life from seeds, tubers or sets.

Onion set sprouting – unknown variety

Pea seedling – Kelvedon Wonder

We continued preparation of the sweet corn beds and expect to be planting out the first of the smaller ones (mini pop) next week.  They have overtaken the larger ones, which were slowed down by the potting on process.

We are not organic gardeners, there are times when a bit of assistance is required to keep the bugs and weeds at bay.  We had noticed that despite the site clearing and the membrane that weeds were emerging on the bed that will take the squashes, so we put weed killer on these and re-covered them.

Lynn admiring progress