Thursday 9 April 2020

European, I'm a peon too...


The last of the leeks, to be cut and bagged for freezing.





Seeds for this coming season. Some saved, some donated, some bought. Just been given another bag of onion sets. Ours are in already.We will have enough now to be generous at harvest time




Seedlings  in the window,I have just planted twelve cabbages. Cloched them with 5litre water bottles. The first batch of lettuce is almost ready. In thse trays, we have kale, chinese cabbage, sunflowers, chili and capsicum, courgettes one or two other things big list and it's only just begun. 




Pear in blossom The sun takes it's hat off.




The broad beans were planted in November. They are just coming into flower. Busy with bees. Young silver birch on the left fruit bushes to the right. Below the beans comfrey, a good green manure. Use leaves as mulch. (they make nice fritters, dip in crispy batter mix before deep frying).




 Looking back...




Looking forward...




Silver Birch,the elegant pioneer...


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