Monday 4 June 2012

Bank holiday update

Well, not the quietest weekend ever due to the Bournemouth Rugby 7's. Better than previous years though apart from jungle drums (well be honest, that's what the heavy bass and drums sound like if you listen carefully) from 9.30am on Sunday morning continuously until I finally managed to get to sleep at about 11.30. By 10.30 I had a migraine, so couldn't even drive to escape it, ibuprofen, and more sleep finally sent it on its way by 7pm :(.
Loads to do in the garden, polytunnels and greenhouse though. I've managed to plant up all mum and dads tomatoes in their polytunnel. Now to fix the drip feed watering system, the capillary matting and then plant it all up before they get back in 2 weeks. Hopefully they will be able to start harvesting very soon. Just need to get them to stop opening all the vents and door so it can get to temperature, their glasses steam up ;)
We need to trench and then plant out the 60 runner bean plants I've been growing on for them. I have loads of borlotti beans to go in too. I'm going to fill on the gaps on dads wigwams of French beans.
The list isn't getting any shorter, but the crops are just getting ready to start to produce, then heaven, all home grown produce, full of flavour, straight from plant to pot, so minimal loss of goodness. Can't beat it.
Off to find some wooden vegetable boxes, going to put some dwarf French beans, peas and radishes in their polytunnel, it may give an earlier crop.