I always seem to think I've got loads of time before I need to start sowing anything and then panic when I realise that it's April already and I haven't planted anything! This has been another one of those years.
Our harsh winter died down pretty quickly and we have been enjoying the warmest April on record since... erm... well, a long time ago! It has been a bit of a distraction to be honest. With Dave in Thailand for 3 weeks I've been digging after work whenever I could fit it in. When the thermometer hits 23°C you do tend to favour the local pub's beer garden instead tho. Who can dig in that heat?
Distractions aside I got a couple of rows of broad beans planted and my apache spuds in the ground as planned. They've popped up nicely within the last 3 weeks so I'm rather pleased with them so far. I've strimmed the grass twice this month and decided not to wage war with the dandelions. (Although they still make me mad)
Most of the beds are ready for planting although we are losing a battle with the couch grass encroaching onto the beds as the wood is disintegrating. We may need to make some drastic decisions next year.
I had a turf war with a spider over the course of a week too. One had decided to make a ginormous web across the greenhouse door that I walked into 3 times! I tore it down every time I went into the greenhouse and by the next day there was another one! I am not kidding - this happened about 7 times. Clever yet stupid creature.
On a positive note, I've managed to get my hands on an old Nikon D40 DSLR and I've fallen in love with it. Great camera for photographing plants and bugs. Might have to invest in a new one when I'm feeling a bit more flush with cash! All the photos in this blog post have been taken with the Nikon.
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Gradually digging through all the beds |
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Rhubarb crop |
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Bee on the chive flowers |
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Beer space ready for a BBQ |
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Broad Beans popping up! |
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Row of Broad beans |
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Forget-me-not (It's flipping everywhere!!) |
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Snoozing on a glove in the greenhouse...ahhh! |
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Apache spuds come to the surface |
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Apaches! |
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Raspberries in flower with ants all over them |
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Rosemary in flower |
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Worzel Scummage flopped over |
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| Spider's web in the greenhouse doorway (a new one each day) |
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| Strawberries in flower |
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| Strawberry |
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| Through the rhubarb |
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| Unripe red currants |
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| Growing space at the flat is limited so I've used the last small spud seeds to do spud containers on the balcony. |
So that's April done. Onto May...
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