Spud time

Yes, I realise that I'm late planting my potatoes. But that's not really a problem. I'll just be enjoying them later in the year than everybody else. But what really is the problem is that to grow the spuds in the bags, I need a lot of soil. So where do I get such soil? Well from the mound of course.

Fortunately there is enough of the composted weeds in the mound to ensure some good healthy spuds. It's just a pain to dig out. Especially as we have quite a few spud bags. The spuds are Maris Peers. We prefer those to any of the other common varieties.

Meanwhile there are other things that need doing. The peas are starting to show, so they need some protection from the Aerial Rat Brigade (aka Pigeons). So those old Estate Agent signs are useful in turning them into a supporting framework for the netting. Ideally the netting needs to be fastened securely to the frame, but for the time being just supporting the netting is the better option.

Elsewhere in the greenhouse, we have been potting on some of the seedlings that now need a bigger home.

As we were finishing up, there were some dark clouds rolling in. Just as we left the plot, it started spitting with rain. So all-in-all, not a bad Bank Holiday Monday. Reasonable weather. Got quite a bit done, and the British Weather held off enough for us to get said work done. Back to work tomorrow. But at least we're a little closer to getting the plot ready. Little. Yeah, let me emphasise the little. There is still much to do.