1st May

After 2 days of heavy rain, a warm dry day at last. The allotment was probably too wet to work but I went anyway as I’ve been itching to get some plants in for the last 2 days. I planted the calabrese – 6 of them at the right hand side end of section 8, and the cauliflowers – only 4 of them, at the other end. 2 of the more decent cauliflowers were damaged as I prized them out of the modular tray! The sprouts were another matter, I had too many good plants for the space available. I planted 20 fillbaskets and 12 brigittes. I watered them in well then put my home made cloches into service – the 4 pint milk containers with their bases cut off. This provides insulation against winds and keeps in some warmth overnight, but with some ventilation at the top. After a week or 2 I will cut off the top parts to expose the plants to more air before removing the whole thing in late May. We go on holiday on the 10^th May so I will have to decide whether to do that before we go or after we get back.

 

Of course, before doing all that, I had to make sure the fence was erected all the way around the plot. That took a little time, but at least it is up. I still need to peg down the base as rabbits could get underneath if they were determined but for now it is a barrier and hopefully any rabbit feeling a little peckish will just come up to the fence and decide to hop off somewhere else for an easy nibble.

As the ground was wet I returned home in a rather muddy state.

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