4th - 7th April

4^th April

After a day out with the family I had a spare bit of time and so I sowed about a dozen teasel seeds. These grow into thistle like plants that feed both birds and bees. I also sowed the complete packet (only 80 seeds) of the salvia. This needs a fair bit of warmth to germinate so here’s hoping for plenty of sunshine hitting the conservatory roof.

6^th April

To the allotment again to complete the onion planting which was duly done in a little more than the time allotted. I planted out a row of centurion, then the best of the rest into the fourth row making 19 settons and 18 sturons. I watered them in and as I looked at the section as a whole it does look a little odd that there is almost space for one more row but not quite. It makes the 4 rows off centre, but the green shoots coming out of the black does look good. It was tricky in deciding which onions to plant given that I had too many for the space. Some had great shoots but others had even better roots, whilst some had large bulbs to start with. On which basis do you decide which onion is growing the best? Does good root development mean better leaf growth to come for instance?

7^th April

The first lawn mow and rake of the year. This is when the compost bin starts to get busy. Just as well I am at the start of one again.