such bad weather to be going away
Frantic Gardener on Jun 9th 2006
well, I guess not really since we are camping, but aaargh, must get everything planted.
found some very sad a leggy mangetout languishing in coldframe - so have buried them deep and watered well, and with fingers crossed! Also was the leeks I had lost, so have done that. The two sisters are finally three!
I have sown some more peas and planted french beans, as well as sowing some of those direct. will go out now and try and plant final brassicas although getting dark.
I have some sweet peas and asparagus peas I’d like to plant out, and the globe artichokes [but I haven’t decided where to put those!] - but they will now have to wait until I get back, and hopefully not too leggy.
then I guess a mad sowing of salads and last things when we come back.
oh, and weeding at some point!
in the fruit bed, the apple minarettes have fruitlets and the strawberries flowers. There are 2 fruitlets only on the nectarine though. The minarettes are covered in aphids, although we have loads of predators in the garden being organic. I will get some soap solution and spray them - again when we get back. It might be because the are close to an ivy wall, and this seems to be the perfect pest habitat. Hmmm - I think that might be another job to do on our return!