Garlic and shallots late, onion sets on time and early potatoes went in today. You might have to squint to see ‘em, but there are little white labels stuck in the ground with the crops and date of planting written indelibly on. The soil is lovely compared to the heavy, compacted yak I first scutted off almost a year ago. Not perfect, but the compost trenching., manure mulch and frost has done good things. Thanks to all who have advised I stick with improving the soil. Now we wait to see what grows.
It doesn’t look much but that’s seven rows of seeds, sets, bulbs, seed potatoes and cloves in there. Caulis waiting to go in.
That apparent bareness is one of the magical mysteries of spring isn’t it, all that life just lying there waiting to burst forth, I love this time of the year (even the weed seedlings can raise a smile – and you won’t find me saying that later in the year!)