It's very exciting to see shoots spring up everywhere at the moment, the trouble is that not only are our plants growing but the weeds are also growing too and with baby plants you need to be very careful with the hoe to save damaging the small seedlings.
We now have potatoes and raspberries planted, an aubergine, (only one to see how successful it is) and some outdoor tomatoes. These are in addition to onions, sprouts, sprouting broccoli, red cabbage, leeks, strawberries, lettuce, radish, rocket, spring onion, broad beans, runner beans, peas and some flowers! It really will be a feast if even some of our efforts come to fruition.
The other thing I did today was a PH test on the soil, armed with a little kit from the Garden Centre I collected a sample and tested it. The result came back as neutral which I'm quite pleased with becuse it should hopefully support a large range of plants and we can add organic matter as and when necessary to make it more acidic or alkaline to suit the crops
The weather has been beautiful just lately but very warm so we have been giving all the plants a good douse of water on each visit. If we do have a hot and dry summer as is being forecast at the moment we'll have to make sure we keep the ground at least a little moist so that things keep on growing.
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