Weekend update
Posted: Sunday 2 May, 2004
It's been a busy few days, and an update here is overdue. A quick summary of activity:
Sown in the greenhouse: Catnep, sweetcorn, tarragon, more hungarian hot wax & sweet nardello (a bit late but we'll see how they do), sprouting brocolli (red spear & Spike), cabbages (vertus, savoy best of all & Holsteiner Platter), Courgette Defender.
Sown outside: Parnsip Tender & True, Carrots Parabel & Cubic, Peas (Greenshaft & Sugar Snap Norli), spuds Desiree. The early spuds are starting to show now.
Lots more to do tomorrow, when hopefully the rest of the spuds will get planted.
Have potted on tomatoes and peppers, and Rosemary planted out a load of lettuce. Most of the fruit trees are in blossom, ranging from bright white on the Morello cherry to a deep rose pink on one of the apples.
Pigs are doing well, they had a can and a half of Guiness and a pint of yoghurt tonight for a treat, both went down very well, if a little messily...
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Dan
Hi Michael, thanks for dropping by. Since we're at sea level we've hopefully seen the last of our frosts this year. We're hoping to get a polytunnel up before next year - I noticed on a forum yesterday that a keen veg grower in Devon in the south of England is already eating his first peas of the season! We probably won't be able to match that, but it will give us a few weeks head start.
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Michael Smith
Monday 3 May, 2004 at 2:54am
Running a few days behind you here in New Hampshire USA, our last frost date is around the 1st of June...I'm a small vegetable farmer and enjoy visiting your site, but not much time this season of the year...keep the news coming. Michael Smith