Spring round the corner

There's definitely a feeling that Spring is fast approaching now. I've sown broad beans, sweet peas and nasturtiums in pots for the greenhouse and will plan carefully for the next few weeks to get other crops underway.

The garlic and onion sets in pots near the greenhouse all look pretty healthy and have got off to a great start before I plant them in the allotment. The onions and garlic which over-wintered there also look good so I'm hoping for more productive results than last year. The more I think about it I think the disappointment was largely down to under-watering, which also had a very adverse effect on the beans amongst other things.

I've made a good start on chopping down the green manure and getting it dug in. I'll try to get that finished in the next week because it will then take a month before seeds can be sown direct, though there's plenty of other ground which did not have green manure on it which can be used in the meantime.

Then there's the matter of moving the 'fruit cage' which I'll get Stu to give me a hand with shortly.