It's been surprisingly dry, I've had to remove the cloches and water under them this weekend (as I did last weekend). Still no sign of any outdoor seeds sprouting (carrot, peas, beetroot). The greenhouse sown seeds are making a showing, but I'm disappointed in the green beans. Some just expired. One of the green beans that I sowed last week has sprouted - I wish the others would be more enthusiastic. I'm not too worried, I checked last year's blog and I finished the raised beds at the end of April and planted out bought seedlings at that time. If all else fails, I can still buy seedlings.

I've used about 2/3 of the soil that I had delivered on Thursday, I think that I over estimated how much I'd need. I've been filling up the raised beds (I didn't quite buy enough soil last year and my compost heaps are not producing enough (yet)). Maybe I'll get some of the paths done this weekend; I bought some weed membrane yesterday.

Tags: root vegetables, blog, legumes