And after lunch....

Back to work after lunch and Simon planted my 10 asparagus crowns that came a week or two ago from Suttons Seeds, variety called Gijnlim.  They have been sat in compost in the greenhouse at home and today went to their new home in two raised beds.  5 in each.

'Gijnlim is an outstanding asparagus variety that has been a consistent top performer in recent trials, out-yielding others by up to 25%. It's early too, giving the first succulent tasty spears in mid to late April and continuing to crop heavily until mid June. It is an 'all male' hybrid, forming no seeds which means all its energies go into spear production and troublesome seedlings in the bed are avoided. We supply one year old crowns, grown in East Anglia, which can be picked as soon as the year after planting. Plants crop for well over 10 years, and established beds can be cut from emergence of the first spears until mid-late June. Crops for up to 15 years.'  Suttons Seeds blurb from their website.

So wont be eating any this year but a good investment for the future.



Did some more digging on our new plot 120 next door, tarps are still down doing a bit of weed control but started digging one end to put in some more red onions.  Put in 5 rows of Red Baron, thats 100 onions.  Already have some growing in a raised bed too but now we have more room we can take advantage and grow more!  Made some great red onion chutney last year so will be good to make lots more!  (Great in cheese toasted sandwiches!)  So thats plot 120 underway.  Lots more planning to do, and lots more digging!