One too many mornings

Spring has sprung. The daffs are poking their heads through the overgrown grass in the back garden.
I’ve planted out quite a lot of veg this year. Some in a raised bed, leeks, carrots, chard, onions and scallions.
Cabbage and carrots and onions straight into the ground. The rose hips I took from the park are germinating. That is pretty amazing from one rose hip you could grow a whole rose garden, there must be fifty to a hundred seeds in each one.
Got to get some garlic and spuds. I’m going to try growing the spuds in tires or a bin to get max yield.

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Last night due to the forecast of heavy rains and the invasion of slugs in the garden, I’ve harvested the garlic. I’ve got about 15-20 bulbs, three or four of the strongest I’ll save for seed for the autumn planting. The rest are tied up and drying out. I’ll buy a different variety for the autumn planting too, so that I can have a trail.

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Is not just the name of a song but also what is planted in my garden now.

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Spent a few hours last night weeding the veg patch. Turns out I’ve been growing the onions and garlic all wrong. You need to clear the earth away from the bulbs to encourage them to grow outwards. I’ve done that now for the onions so hopefully they will start looking like onions rather than scallions.

I don’t think I’ll get much of a harvest this year. Still, you live and learn. I hope the spuds fare better they are starting to flower so should have a crop in around six weeks time.

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