Been an early start this morning - easy when the sun is out like this!!
anyway, been weeding the garlic, onions and shallots out - they suddenly look like they were all nicely planted in equidistant little rows - i am most pleased. some garlic will be getting lifted in a few weeks - and i'm looking forward to it, as it looks cracking!!!
i've been hand polynating my strawbs as i have them in the plastic greenhouse this year (too much damp last year) all the early runners were cut back and i got my wee artist brush out to give them a wee tickle - they are coming along nicely, another week or 10 days and i'll be eating them. I've got 4 different varieties in there a mix of early, mid and late seasons - and they are all looking great - about 45 plants in total - gonna be a strawberry fest this summer - and next year, there will be 90 or so plants!!! YUM!!!!!!
the spuds have been earthed up - i've a raised bed 32' by 4' just for them - so that took a wee while - and i think i'll need to do it one more time next week - but after that, they've had it! (or i've had it - no more dirt and i can't get it to balance any more!!)
it was about 30 degrees in the greenhouse at 9am this morning, so i've taken out my goji, peas, sweetcorn and french beans for the day, but the peppers and chillis are loving it in there and they are looking great, my sainsbury own organic peppers are starting to flower - they look fantastic!!! As are my sainsbury own "british red chillis" I didn't expect either of these to fruit, so i'm ecstatic - and i've a load of saved seed for next year if anyone wants some!!!
the hot wax is showing sign sof flowering and the hot cherries won't be long now.
So, all in all, things are looking good in the garden this morning
Oh, and i had a fantastic breakfast thanks to some fresh eggs i got from Jo Rainyplaces blackrocks last night. Her 4 wee tamworths are the cutest things i've ever seen. And i think i'll be seriously investigating some of them. My love for pigs was confirmed an hour later as i met Andrews 2 slightly older pigs (which are 7/8ths tamworths) Fantastic wee fellows.
Now, loading up the car and off camping!!! woohooooooooooo