A drop of rain would be nice just a drop mind you nothing too extreme but apart from that everything seems to be growing. It looks like my allotment neighbours have gone A.W.O.L again, they do so much and then don't bother with it until threatened with eviction why they don't just plant some veg I'll never know, I think that some people just want a plot so that no one else can have it.
Sadly I have come across this before, sometimes I think it's just so they can brag "oh yes we have an Allotment ". People get it in mind that it's their land. They aren't happy when you point out that it's not, and if they don't work on it properly then that will be sooner than they expect.
The only problem that I have found with those sort of greenhouses is that they can get very hot and fry the plants if you aren't there to open the door on time, I have a rigid greenhouse on the allotment plot which has the benefit of a roof vent which can be open all of the time and when the weather forecast is for hot weather I leave the door open or part open with netting stretched across to keep the deer or other herbivores out. I like the idea of plastic bags around the bottom of the wooden posts by the way!
@barry island , hello , we have put it on the shadiest bit of the allotment and will leave the door open . I’m more concerned about the wind , hence the post which are in pots with post concrete , buried in the ground and rode tied over the top My plots fenced , although I know that won’t stop the wildlife if it really wants to get in Like to try different things , some times they work and some times they don’t !
I started planting out last week. Had little choice as I was running out of room in the GH. Brassica's have faired best but onions and shallots look to be ok. Lettuce and chard are looking limp but hoping they will be ok.
It was difficult hardening off as I can only go to plot at the weekends.
Today, potted up cauli and cougettes. Sowed squash, runner and french beans.
Didn't go to the plot today but took'stock of my seeds and sowing times.
Decided on the main ones, being squash, peas, beans and mini pop for May along with some winter veg but that may all change 😁
I've taken a different approach this year, thrown away out of date seeds and have been more determined to thin out seedlings, which has resulted in bigger snd stronger plants. I've also not sown to early either, so if the distructions said sow in March, I waited till April 😁
Yes I'm a convert to using fresh seed each year as before I used the same packet year after year but I came unstuck putting my faith sowing seeds 4 or 5 years out of date that doesn't germinate which is disappointing to say the least. In the first few years of having a plot I tried growing a wide range of vegetables but have now narrowed it down to growing stuff that I know will grow in my conditions and so can get by buying less packets of seeds each year.
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I like the idea of plastic bags around the bottom of the wooden posts by the way!
My plots fenced , although I know that won’t stop the wildlife if it really wants to get in
Like to try different things , some times they work and some times they don’t !
It was difficult hardening off as I can only go to plot at the weekends.
Today, potted up cauli and cougettes. Sowed squash, runner and french beans.
I have some old seeds which should be sown this year..
Decided on the main ones, being squash, peas, beans and mini pop for May along with some winter veg but that may all change 😁
I've taken a different approach this year, thrown away out of date seeds and have been more determined to thin out seedlings, which has resulted in bigger snd stronger plants. I've also not sown to early either, so if the distructions said sow in March, I waited till April 😁