Saturday 14th April: the rain is here

Today is a rainy day. I guess it's a good thing, it's going to water my crops, I could also go out with my new allotment jacket, kindly offered to me by Sean, a work colleague. It's a good fit it should be waterproof enough to keep me dry.
I should be sowing my carrots, beetroots, parsnips and get my runner beans canes ready, which I should have done earlier, really. My cauliflower are ready to be planted in the soil too. With that rain, I can't do that today. I think tomorrow will be sunny, so we'll do this then.
In the meantime, this morning I sowed my courgette and squash. I went for 2 different courgettes, Rondo di Nizza and Cavilli F1 and 2 different squash, Uchiki Kuri and Yellow Scallop. The moon isn't right for them.
Tonight I'm invited for a dinner with friends, I prepared a chocolate mousse for it. Can't wait to eat this...

10th April: Easter Work and yet some rain

Le potager 10/04/2012

 So today has been sunny and we spent the morning in the allotment (well a couple of hours)
After a few days of rain/wet weather, grass has come out where we dug.
So we cleared this up and Will also dug a bit more on the far left corner.
The rhubarb is doing well, can't wait to pick some up.
Today I planted some lettuce and also a second row of broad beans. I didn't put any slug pellet or anything, we'll see.
The potatoes have been planted a week ago and the onions are doing well.
Below are more views of the 'Potager' as well as a few shots of my baby plants.
Note: I have tomatoes (Green Zebra) and chilli (Numex Twilight) to give away for any takers....

Close up on the middle

Hi Will!

The plants (tomato - chilli - cauliflower - mint)

More plants (Pak Choi - Lettuce - Chard)

More plants (Tomato - Chilli - Sweet Peas - Cavollo Nero)