April

The Under Gardener has planted another bed of onions on the allotment and two beds of potatoes.  He's also planted out some Brussels sprout plants that Colin gave him.  He intends to continue the digging when he gets back in May. I think the weeds are beginning to fight back!

I intend to plant up two more beds of peas and broad beans in the kitchen garden before we go tomorrow. I meant to buy more seeds but haven't.  There will probably be time to get more pea seeds, but maybe not broad beans.  Oh well.  Next year!

The Under Gardener has also decided that it will be easier to dig over the flower beds when we get back rather than trying to weed them.  Those pesky alpine strawberries seem to have taken over the entire garden!!  We also need to sort out the shrubby border.  And most definitely the soft fruit beds.  Something for us to look forward to on our return :-)

Everything that the pigeons might have a fancy for has now been netted.  Now we just have to hope that the slugs don't find our tasty delicacies before we return to engage in combat.

I am not entirely convinced that April is a good time to go away for three weeks.  And I seem to recall having said this before.  We ought to plan our long haul trips for January or February (although Japan may not be entirely enticing in the middle of winter!!)

Fingers crossed for three weeks of gentle rains, gentle breezes and warm but not hot sunshine in Tupton