Started out as an absolutely perfect summer day... in my opinion anyway.
Good strong breeze and lots of sunshine. Kept the Black Flies away... or so I thought. By the end of the day I had blood running down the back of my neck where the little beggars got me good. I have never had this many Black Fly bites before. One of them even got me inside my ear. Very itchy and unpleasant.
Frank cut all the grass in the kitchen garden and it just looks wonderful.
I weeded out the beds for all the brassicas and then planted out two beds of them. Two varieties of cabbage, kale, Brussels Sprouts and kohlrabi interplanted and then in the second bed, all broccoli interplanted with lettuce. All the kohlrabi and the lettuce should be out of there before the other plants need the room.
Planted out one other bed with 3 varieties of beets that I started in the house and then filled in with some Swiss Chard. The bed it not really full so I may go back and sow some beet seeds to fill in the gaps.
I am daily going through the Asparagus beds to pull out any Tufted Vetch that I find and there is ALWAYS some growing somewhere. I also pull out the Raspberry and Blackberry canes. This will become less of a problem as I work my way along the Raspberry border removing all the plants to a hedgerow along the property line where they can misbehave as much as they like.
Laid down several barrows of pea stone on the path behind the Raspberry border. I am now 25% done and although that does not seem like much, it really is and I am pretty happy. Wish it were all done but that will come in time.
The Apple trees are coming into blossom. Alas, not all of them, but some. I can see nothing yet on the plum tree or the pears and certainly not the apricots as they are still far too young.
Good strong breeze and lots of sunshine. Kept the Black Flies away... or so I thought. By the end of the day I had blood running down the back of my neck where the little beggars got me good. I have never had this many Black Fly bites before. One of them even got me inside my ear. Very itchy and unpleasant.
Frank cut all the grass in the kitchen garden and it just looks wonderful.
I weeded out the beds for all the brassicas and then planted out two beds of them. Two varieties of cabbage, kale, Brussels Sprouts and kohlrabi interplanted and then in the second bed, all broccoli interplanted with lettuce. All the kohlrabi and the lettuce should be out of there before the other plants need the room.
Planted out one other bed with 3 varieties of beets that I started in the house and then filled in with some Swiss Chard. The bed it not really full so I may go back and sow some beet seeds to fill in the gaps.
I am daily going through the Asparagus beds to pull out any Tufted Vetch that I find and there is ALWAYS some growing somewhere. I also pull out the Raspberry and Blackberry canes. This will become less of a problem as I work my way along the Raspberry border removing all the plants to a hedgerow along the property line where they can misbehave as much as they like.
Laid down several barrows of pea stone on the path behind the Raspberry border. I am now 25% done and although that does not seem like much, it really is and I am pretty happy. Wish it were all done but that will come in time.
The Apple trees are coming into blossom. Alas, not all of them, but some. I can see nothing yet on the plum tree or the pears and certainly not the apricots as they are still far too young.
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