Spuds and Barrows

After the recent hard work on getting the potato bed ready and chitting those spuds!    Today it was time to get them into the ground

 Also chance to use my new seed rule for the first time.  Hopefully this will resolve my terrible decisions i make when it comes to spacing!   No excuses now

 The Potatoes need to be spaced 12" apart.  I also allow 12 to 15" between the rows.

The first earlys I am trying this year are Casablanca.   The second earlys are Kestrel.   And the Main Crop are Amour and Maxine (which is a red variety)

Four rows of broadbeans have been planted.  Two rows first week in feb, and two rows first week in March.   There are no signs of any germination, although weeds have broken through.  So, decided to buy a cheap packet of bunyards exhibition today, and started them off in pots.    Hopng the ones in the ground do germinate, but if not, then at least i can have an emergency row!


Strange that previous years, ive opted to sow some in the ground  (granted November!) and these have done better than the pot started ones.    Has anyone else struggled to get seeds sown after cristmas to germinate?

Put my new Strawberry planter from Morrisons to good use.   I bought the planter (three tiers of pots that just stack on top of each other) for a fiver earlier in the year.  Then filled with Compost.   Morrisons currently selling the strawberry plants,  six for £2.

 Also whilst on the plot today, I assembled the wheelbarrow that i got online.

No instructions didnt make life easy!  but to be honest, it was pretty straight forward.

Bank holiday weekend, so no doubt ill be back on the plot tomorrow and monday