I’m playing catch up this weekend as I have 5 days of not working. In the greenhouse, I’ve potted out all of the chili peppers and most of sweet peppers and planted some runner beans (Enorma Elite) and dwarf green beans (The Prince). Meanwhile outside the potatoes are starting to show and, best surprise of all, the asparagus has started sprouting. Happy days!

It's all happening in the garden. Clockwise from top left:
tomato
potatoes
green beans, peas, turnip
asparagus
turnip
strawberries
peppers
beetroot, shallots, parsnips, broad beans, carrot, onions

In the middle is garlic, onion, spinach and swede

Tags: root vegetables, legumes

I've finished the bark chipping path, so now I can walk around the raised beds without getting all muddy (and it looks neater). Outside, after the easter snow, the asparagus is peeping through and the peas have started to sprout. Meanwhile, in the greenhouse, it's all systems go. I'm glad that I bought a propagator.

Tags: blog, legumes

I bought and planted out asparagus (Bachlim and Crimson Pacific, both F1 Hybrids). Whilst they might produce spears this year and next, they cannot be harvested for 2 years. So, that's 2010 then.

Backlim

Mid to late season male variety, with consistent yields of large, smooth spears with well closed tips. It boasts good disease resistance, and is a very reliable performer in the kitchen garden.

Crimson Pacific

This mid season purple variety, is so tender and super-sweet that young spears can be eaten raw in salads, providing unusual colour and flavour.

The wood from Southill Sawmill arrived and so I built the raised bed that will, one day, contain asparagus. I managed to wallop my left forefinger in the process which makes typing a little tricky.

Tags: blog