Another productive day!!!

Finally it feels like the veggies are growing quicker than the weeds, really cant believe the potatoes grow so fast. Also had my first glimpse of a new potato that was accidentally unearthed! Slightly smaller than a golf ball i would say.

As you can see in the pictures Evie really enjoys being at the Lottie, however messy she gets its always a bath as soon as she gets home.

Jobs we done today was to get some more sprouting broccoli planted, weed the whole plots and made our own organic fertiliser. To do this we basically pulled up a load of nettles from the nearby ditch and screwed them up to put in our full water butt. We will now leave this for atleast 30 days with which it should have broken down enough to use. Apart from getting stung a dozen times and looking slightly weird walking along the nearby ditch pulling up random stinging nettles I recommend anyone doing this on a budget as it costs didderly squat.

A job well done

We spent a good couple of hours here today with the help of Tony & Eileen. We managed to weed both plots which I would never have managed on my own as the potatoes had been slightly neglected and were fairly weed infested.

We managed to plant out our sweetcorn and leeks. With the leeks we trimmed the roots and soaked the whole leek in a bucket before planting out. We then made a 6 inch hole with a dibber, placed the leek in and filled the hole with water, trying not to get soil in the hole. Some of them we did not cut the roots off so will be interesting to see whether this makes a difference.

Throughout the late afternoon we could here a drone from the distance, I looked up and spotted a Lancaster on its way home. It flew right over us which was absolutely awesome. Evie loved it.

Greenery at last!!!

Nearly 6 weeks in and the potatoes are doing really well. I keep getting warned about covering them over if frost is due so im tryingto stay on the ball as far as the trusted weather report goes.

As you can also see onions,cabbages, brussel sprouts and broccoli are also doing fine. I really cant believe how quick these bloody weeds grow though. If i can grow veggies the way I grow weeds i will be a happy man.

I have a busy next couple of weeks so I hope to spare some time down there to look after the ole plot. I have to also mention i still havent added, sprayed or used anything not organic as of yet so feel fairly good so far.