First plants in

Well my hero Ralph came and saved the day. We planted onions, lettuce, broccoli, beans, potatoes and cabbage. 

 
He thinks the next time I go up there I might walk past my plot because I won't recognise it. Very funny Ralph.  He says in a few years I might be able to dig and keep the soil level at the same time.  Guess I need to keep practising my digging technique.

Most of the centre of the plot has been planted, but I've still got room for carrots, peas and sweetcorn.

I can't plant them on Monday because my back and legs are killing me.  I don't think I can make it upstairs to bed.  Oh well, I chose to become a gardener, so I guess it's no pain, no gain. Tuesday I'll be at work, so I plan to go back down on Wednesday.

I think I'll put the sweetcorn in the empty patch to the right of the picture.

And now I'm off to bed.  Gardening's hard work.

Failings

Failing no 1

OK,  April's nearly over and I still haven't got the potatoes OR onions planted.

I'd made up my mind to go straight to the allotment after I'd taken the kids to school this morning, and guess what, it was pouring with rain.  In fact it's rained nearly all day. Tomorrow I'm at work, so nothing doing until Wednesday. 

Failing no 2

This is good news for me, but it is a bit of a cheat, so I'll class this as a confession too.  My mum's husband (the real gardener in the family) has sown some seeds for me, and they're going to bring the seedlings over in a few weeks.

End of admissions of my gardening failings for today.

On a more positive note, I've finally decided on a planting plan for this year; I'm now trying to add it to the blog.  Success!!   Click here to view my plan.