Finally the asparagus arrived and fortunately I had virtually finished getting the raised beds ready. A further batch of manure from the stable near the end of Bhylls Road was really useful, and I also decided to buy a couple of bags of sterilised loam for the finishing touches as I didn't want to use any soil from the allotment that might in any way contain perennial weeds or impurities.
The rhubarb also arrived and I got that planted the very same day, once again using plenty of manure and watering the plants in really well. With any luck we'll have lots of rhubarb every year now though this first year (as with the asparagus) is really a time for getting the plants established for the future.
The 10 or so broad bean plants that I brought from home are looking sturdy and I don't expect any problems with them until black fly season arrives (when apparently the main thing to do is pinch out the flowering tips and spray with soapy water at the first sign of them).
It's been so dry for the last 10 days that I watered everything on the plot - including raspberry canes, strawberries and onion and garlic bulbs. It's so dry and sunny now that it really feels like summer and the barbecue we had last night and the breakfast we had this morning at the bottom of the garden, signalled our intentions for the year!
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