Some Things Doing Well, Some Not...

Spent our Sunday doing allotment things today and discovered we are perhaps not putting enough time into it.... the turnips on plot 69 have started to go to seed, a sure sign .that they have not been watered enough, been really dry this week too, the ground is quite cracked in places.  Unfortunately we have been watering 119 twice a week but 69 only once.  Shame, as the turnips were the one thing I was really pleased with up till now!  Will have to pull them all up and restart.  Up on 69 otherwise all is looking well, the onions are looking superb, a few flowers showing themselves and the beans holding their own, just a few casualties.  Overall though, not too impressed with this site, the whole soil quality is not half as good as 119 and it gets really dry really quickly.  And lots of bindweed coming up which is a real pain. Might have to rethink what to do with this plot next year, possible put half to fruit and do spuds and beans only and do the more fussy things down on plot 119 which is much more forgiving.



So after disappointment on 69 we went down to 119 and lots to do down there.  Courgettes are starting to form, as are the first cucumbers.  Polytunnel is now very full, all the tomatoes are looking good and did the centre row of cucumbers today and got the strings sorted so they are free to go beserk now.



 

Planted a couple of rows of mixed cauliflowers down there today, some  purple, some white, some romanescu, some yellow.  And some celery too.   Got some more of a different variety in the greenhouse but too small to go in yet.  Did lots of sorting out in the greenhouse at home.  Planted up 3 citrus seedlings that are getting bigger, potted up some celery, celariac and swiss chard.  Trying to get the greenhouse sorted in the next couple of weeks and emptied out so we can take it down and start building the chicken run......