Sorry for the delay things in April/ early May got very hectic and the garden suffered a little, very little progress was made so there was little to blog about. I will update everything with photos tomorrow hopefully!!
Around the start of April I started with the first batch of seedlings which later suffered at the hand of the late frosts, nearly everything either died or ended up as a bug snack. Now we're in the position of starting everything again as the weather warms up. Hopefully it's not too late but we have bought fully grown courgette and cucumber plants as a precaution. The tomatoes were far more fortunate and have really come into their own recently. I placed some little gem lettuces and spinach into the cold store which are doing really well and should be ready for harvesting soon. Also maris peer and king Edward potatoes were planted, the maris peers are are main potatoes for the year the King Edwards are a Ranger challenge which I will up date you all on later! Both are doing oka nd seem to have survived the cold snap.
Later on the strawberries were moved out of a container into the fruit patch of the garden joining the gooseberry and blackcurrant bush. My Grandpa gave me some fruit netting which I will be protecting with with soon, I remember him growing tonnes of strawberries when I was around 6-8 and it's really lovely knowing that I have his nets to use now. The hope is that by putting them directly into the ground we will be able to grow the runners as well. Last year there simply wasn't the room to grow the runners so we lost some plants. The spare container will be used for bedding plants near to our only door.
I'm sure there is a heap of things I've forgotten over the past few weeks which will be rolled into the following posts. Same with photos!
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