10 hours over 2 days working on the plot!

Saturday: 
I dug over a patch we need and got all these assorted early potatoes that we missed when digging up a few months ago: Pentland Javelin, Foremost & Charlotte.

Jo weeded around the Kale and Borocale and planted some more Cabbages in a space left by Pak-Choi that had gone to seed earlier in the season.

So to protect these brassicas I used some water pipe hoops with metal tube legs to give extra height and covered with netting, protecting the growing Kale etc.

This is the patch I dug over and got that mix of Potatoes, we plan to plant some over winter crops on Sunday.

This patch was left fallow, so a few weeks ago I dug it over and today Jo planted: 
Leeks, 
Spinach, 
Cabbages, 
Swede 
& Kohl Rabi. (see next photo)

And to make sure the young seedlings, we had started off at home, dont get pulled out & eaten by the birds we netted the whole patch!

So Saturday ended with a good harvest:
Runner Beans, 2x Courgettes, Tomatoes & Potatoes. 


We spent a very satisfying 5 hours today!

Sunday: 
The patch cleared on Saturday is now full again with:
Kale, Pak Choi, Cabbage, Spinach & Lettuce. Netted of course too.

Inside the fruit cage: Jo weeded around the Raspberries & cut out all the old fruited wood, then I tied up all the remaining canes to the horizontal wires, the autumn ones have fruit on already.

I have been clearing the lane end of our plot ready for the next big change to its entrance, but dug up this massive root! I expect its from the tree on the other side of the lane, will have to remove it as it might interfere with my plans!

Odd that we have a Yellow and an Orange Courgette on the same plant ?

The Patti-Pan Squash is looking good, we hope it gets a bit bigger, needs more water!

Dug up some more Picasso spuds for our meals, we will also have some of the earlies I dug up on Saturday, they store well in light proof bags.

A good weekend of digging, weeding, planting & harvesting, another 5 satisfying hours done today.

 A total of 10 hours this weekend and the weather was good too.

Thanks for reading/returning. Ian & Jo.