Again, we weren't down much during the week, only once for a bbq. But this seems fine, no serious weeding seems needing done yet and as long as the weather's been fine, we don't even need to check anything. I guess this will change as more things sprout.
Yesterday we went to get some herbs and more compost and came home with a few extras.
We got sage, mint, thyme and rosemary.
We also ended up getting brussel sprouts (even though there's currently no space for them), grapes (supposedly hardy and great for outdoor growing- we'll see!) and a blackberry plant.
Our garlic is still growing well, and our radishes seem to have started sprouting.
Our raspberries are also doing really well.
Today Luke's mum, her partner, his sister and her two kids came for a bbq for his mum's birthday. The kids planted strawberries and some seeds in their little bed and we all planted sunflower seeds for our sunflower race (plus I also planted one for our other little tiny niece).
The girl opposite us gave us lots of her extra strawberries too, which was pretty nice. So we're going to be overrun with yummy strawberries, we can't complain!
I also did a bit of weeding today, but as I mentioned there isn't really much to do yet on that front, thankfully.
We're just glad to have somewhere to spend time outside and to grow some stuff, whether it all works or not. It's still very exiting and we love getting down for bbqs and to see what's changed.
So far the basil hasn't sprouted at home yet, but maybe it will still come. The weather's supposed to go sour this week, so we'll probably hold off on the sweetcorn and rocket for an extra week and not plant anything this week or next weekend (although this could well change). We're planning on putting some sheeting or something around the whole fence to give more shelter to all the beds. We also need to start getting netting etc to protect the fruits from birds. And, we'll probably need to start thinking soon about how to keep pests such as slugs away, but we haven't had any problems as of yet (touch wood).
Rachael
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