Today started off a bit foggy and cold. I was at the plot just before 07.00 letting the hens out and noticed a nice image of a neighbours fruit tree appearing through the fog with weak sunlight behind. The sun eventually burned off the fog and the day went on to be sunny and bright.
Having looked at the tomatoes I noticed that there are flowers forming on some of the plants already and that the stems are really sturdy. So, I have decided to plant them into the bottomless pots in the greenhouse which I have already filled with compost. I've also filled a couple of extra pots too. This year's tomatoes have been great so far; they have developed well and I'm hoping for a good crop. There are five beefsteak Marmande and five Alicante plants.
At the plot I got busy planting out the Dwarf French beans, variety Nautica. I'm still unsure as to why I sowed them so early, they should be sown this month not last month. Anyway, they are getting a bit too big for their cells so I've planted them out using plastic bottles as cloches taken from the broad beans I planted out last week. Let's hope they survive the cold nights, not too many frosty ones at the moment but we still could have some for some weeks yet.
The last thing today was the sowing of the Sweet Candle carrots. Once again I've used a bar to create around 26 holes which I've filled with a compost and sand mixture. A few seeds are sown on top of each and are covered with the same mixture. I need to have a think about how to protect them from carrot fly this year before they germinate.
That's it for this quick update. I'll finish this post with a shot I took a few days ago of plum tree blossom; I'm hoping for a good crop this year as I had nothing at all last season. Bye for now.
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