If it Stands Still, Paint It!

This week, there has been a lot of activity down at the lottie due to the sunny weather we have had. We have been down a few times to catch up after our Winter hibernation and accomplished quite a lot. We have dug two trenches ready for our beans, peas and sweet peas and filled them with manure and have also painted all our woodwork, excluding the shed, a nice shade of green. Phil and Julie, next plot up, very kindly offered to take our green bags of rubbish which was a big help, so the plot is looking very tidy at the moment. The tomatoes which we took home to propagate have now germinated and are about 5 inches tall and proudly sitting on a sunny windowsill! We have planted parsley, thyme, oregano, re potted the chives which had sprung to life in a week, sown lupins and poppy seeds in bowls from last years crop, and mucked up the rhubarb. The early carrots have been sown under fleece, and five lots of perennial flowers have been sown in pots and so have the leeks. Next up are the early potatoes and the onion sets followed by marking out a grid for our salad squares, all of this is part of our master plan which we drew up last Saturday and we are still sticking to! Our next tough job is to dig up the mint we inherited and replant a quarter of it in a strong container to keep it under control. We have also planted a hyperincum shrub in the little garden opposite the bench because, from experience, we know that it produces an abundance of yellow flowers from May to November.