More peas

I have a wedding to go to at the weekend so there will be no allotmenting. However there are things that need doing. I have half a dozen Pumpkins and half a dozen Butternut Squash. I also had a dozen Sweet Corn to plant out. Several weeks ago I emptied the big compost bin on the top third of Bed1. This evening I went round weeding the area. It was not too onerous. After weeding I spread the piles of compost round the plot. It spread to about three inches deep. I went round the edge of the bed and created a trench. That gave a little more depth to the bed. I laid out the Pumpkin in their pots. When I decided the spacing was right I planted them out. The plants look a bit lonely inthe bed but pumpkins and squashes make big unruly plants. I made a shallow dish round the planting to catch any rain. I did the same with the Butternut Squash. I used the hoe to level off the area. Then I gave the plants a good soaking. I will not be seeing them again until next week.

As I was on my knees planting the Robin keep diving in to grab worms and such that I had turned up. A very big and black cloud floated across the lottie. Luckily it did not dump on me. Once it went by the sun put in an appearance. The wind dropped and gave a nice sunset under broken clouds. Since it was so nice I decided to plant a couple of rows of Peas. I dug out two shallow trenches reserving the soil. I soaked the bottom of the trench then sows the seeds. I put a whole packet of seeds in each trench. One for the mouse, one for the crow, one to rot and one to grow. I think even the mice will be feed up with the amount Peas I sowed. I covered up the Peas and watered them again.

I could not walk away without running the hoe round the rows of peas and beans. It was more of a tickle with hand weeding the weeds brave enough to stick their heads up. I tipped the weeds into one of the black compo bins. The bins are working out. The last job was to give the french beans a watering. They are safe now since they were planted out at the weekend.