I was chuffed the other day when I visited the plot and discovered the shed had been put up. It’s a 6ft by 4ft shed which is small but it’s big enough for our needs and I didn’t want the shed to take up too much space on the plot. Finally I have somewhere to store the tools, the car was destroyed with all the muck etc, it also means I can cycle out to the plot now as I don’t have to carry all the tools with me.
I planted another crop of peas the other day. Succession sowing means I should (hopefully) have peas throughout the summer. I tidied up the plot the other day, there’s a lot of weeds to deal with and I’m trying to keep them in check.
I put some collars on my cabbages to protect them from the dreaded cabbage root fly. I wrote a blog post about how to make them yourself, you can find it here if you want to try it yourself, it’s very easy. I also put netting around the bed to protect the cabbages from the birds. I hammered a small length of wood to each corner of the bed and just draped the netting over using twine to hold it up. You’ll notice I also have some CD’s in the bed, this is to try scare the birds away, I’ve heard it helps so fingers crossed.
Other than that I haven’t done much on the plot this week, again the weather hasn’t been great. You can tell by my photos it’s been very grey and dull. Things are looking up though, the weather forecast tells me we should have a dramatic improvement in weather this week, we might even get some decent sunshine and a raise in temperatures. I’m just hoping for at least one day when I can get out on the plot in my shorts, is that too much to ask?
I’ll leave you for now with some shots of the plot from the other day.
love to see how your garden is developing–am going to use the CD trick
your garden is such an inspiration to us……great job!
We built a shed the same size. It’s been great having it for all the tools and such, but we’ve managed to fill it right up already! The boys are keen to put up a second one later this year.
Dave’s got it right though, it’s just as much fun hanging out on the plot as it is working on it…
Yeah, I can see the shed filling up already, going to buy some shelving etc for it this week, organise it a bit better
You have a lovely garden…I only wish I could garden like that…
Thanks, I’m only a beginner so have much to learn.
This looks very well managed, neat and orderly 🙂