Flighty's plot

I hope that everyone had a good Easter and enjoyed themselves.  Mine was quiet and relaxing, but the weather was such that I only went to the plot on the Monday.  However it’s been okay since then and I’ve been every day, just for a couple of hours either in the morning or after an early lunch.

I’ve planted out all the onion sets Sturon, and thankfully so far none have been pulled out by birds.  I have some spares to fill in any gaps when they start appearing, or if they all do then I’ll plant them as an extra row.

This morning I’m glad to say that I planted the last of the potatoes, although I do have a few spares which I’ll now plant.  I generally grow  three varieties but this year I’ve planted four, being first earlies Pentland Javelin, second earlies Charlotte and Kestrel and main crop Picasso.  I’ve not had to reduce the quantities to accomodate them as they’re all on the largest of the three vegetable patches.

I’ve also hoed where I’ll be growing carrots Royal Chantenay,  weeded then hoed the strawberry bed and roughly forked over where the crocosmia were and which will be the rhubarb patch  in the autumn.

The pictures above show the English Daisies,  Dandelions,  Raspberry and flowering Strawberry.

This coming week I’ll be getting the flower patches ready to sow Cosmos, Pot Marigolds, Sunflowers and other annual flowers.

Please note that my next post should be next Sunday, 19th April.

Have a good week and take care.

I’ve decided to take a short break, probably just for a week or two, from posting on this blog, but I will continue to read, and comment on, other people’s.  I’ll still be posting elsewhere, mainly Bluesky and Mastodon.

I’m thinking about generally doing just one plot post a week, at the weekend, along with an On the Windowsill post at the end of each month.

I’m not going to ramble on about the reasons why I’ll be doing this, and in case you’re wondering I must empathise that all is well and I am okay.

Have a good week, and take care!

Further to my last post I’m happy to say that I’ve not lost the second rhubarb plant as it’s just started to appear above ground, but is mostly hidden by the leaves of the first one.

However I do seem to have lost the clump of crocosmia as, so far, none have reappeared so far this year.  If they don’t I think that I’ll dig them up and then transplant  the two rhubarb plants to that area in the autumn.

 

I’ve finished removing most of the unwanted collomia grandiflora seedlings, leaving just the area where they usually grow.

I’ve rehoed the areas where I’ll be planting the first early potatoes Pentland Javelin  and onions Sturon, and depending on the weather may well do that during next week.

Please be aware that my laptop has hiccuped a couple of times over the past few days so if I disappear without warning it’ll more than likely be due to further problems with that rather than anything else.

Have a good weekend, and take care!

I had a good look round the plot this morning as I’d not been there for a few days during which time there had been an overnight frost, some torrential rain and occasional high winds gusting to over 40 mph.  Thankfully all was okay I’m pleased to say.

Further to Thursday’s post I’ve started clearing the flower patch of unwanted seedlings.  A couple of days next week should see the area cleared and hoed over.

One of my two rhubarb plants hasn’t reappeared so it looks like I’ve lost it. I’m really not that fussed as although I do eat it I’m happy to go without.  The one that is growing looks okay, and I’ve a couple of plot neighbours who always say to help myself if I want some of theirs.

 

It always surprises me that the crocus Romance  leaves get noticeably longer once the flowers have died back.  During the week I noticed that they had been flattened, which I guess was a fox resting on them.

Next week looks like being mostly sunny with the temperature reaching 19 C / 66 F on Wednesday.  I’ll certainly be making the most of it, hopefully plotting every day.

Have a good week, and take care!

I dug up, seperated  then replanted the Michaelmas Daisies Twinkling Stars  (Asters Monte Cassino) the clump had gone bare in the middle.

Several raspberry plants had started growing in the wrong places  so I’ve transplanted them.  Now that new growth is showing on all the other plants I’ll cut out any dead, or unwanted, stems.

At long last I’ve made a start on pruning the rose Pretty Lady. As it’s now showing new leaves I’m just cutting out any dead wood and generally tidying it up.

I’ll do the same with the dog rose, although it needs to be hard pruned.

 

The seedlings that have appeared  over the top half of the main flower patch look like they’re mostly collomia grandiflora which I don’t want, so I’ll have to clear that area during the next week or so.  The picture also shows the sedums (bottom left) and the three vegetable patches.

 

Have a good weekend, and take care!

 

is just to say…Have a good week and take care!

I’m okay but today, like yesterday and the day before, the weather is gloomy  so I won’t be going to the plot yet again.

Here’s a Flighty’s favourite Pot Marigold from 2017.

Further to last Thursday’s post  I went to the horticultural society trading shed last Sunday and picked up the main crop seed potatoes Picasso I should have been given the previous week. That means I now have four varieties this year.  Thankfully I’ll be growing them on the largest of the three vegetable patches so will just about have enough room for all of them.

I’ve been plotting every day this week and have now weeded and forked, or hoed, over all three vegetable patches as well as cosmos corner and where I’ll be growing the sunflowers.

I’ll now be turning my attention to the main flower patch.

Part of it is covered in a carpet of poached egg plants (Limnanthes douglasii), which when they flower will attract plenty of bees.

 

This morning I pruned the white meadowsweet which is showing new growth and leaves.

Behind it are the raspberry bushes which are starting to show new growth, and out of the picture to the right the comfry  plants are just reappearing above ground.

Have a good weekend, and take care!