I had a run out to the the lottie today. It has been a bit neglected of late as I have had to do other allotment things. Today I managed to get time to push the how about. The weeds are loving the recent downpours. The potatoes are dong very nicely however the chickweed has started again. I got the hoe going. When I got the ground loose I dragged the soil up under the smaller potato plants. By the time I had finished that job the kettle had boiled. I sat in the back of Degsy, out of the wind, and watched the world go by.
Next up was to plant out the dozen brassicas I had been given. I had to spot weed a few volunteer spuds. Then I ran the hoe over the area. I got the plank out and put it across the plot to use as a straight edge. It took a few a few minutes to do the job. I used the hoe to scrub out my footprints. Whilst I had the hoe in my hand I kept going and did the rest of the bed.
The final job is an experiment. Everyone says that you cannot transplant Parsnips. But by the same token sowing them out doors is risky. I sowed two deep trays worth of seeds in the greenhouse. They are now ready to plant out. They germinated and grew on quickly and strongly. I did the usual process of spot weeding, hoeing, levelling and the straight edge. I just broke up the seed trays and using a dibber made a deep hole in the seed bed and dropped the plantlets in, one at a time. I back filled the hole loosely. It took a while to do be it was a zen type job. I finished off with a good watering. It will be interesting to see how things progress.
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