Plot 30

Some Berlotti bean seeds ("lingua di fuoco") ordered from Ebay due to a current shortage / general unavailability from the well-known seed suppliers:   Set off on my windowsill for now ( 24 April 2020 ):   Updates to follow... 4 May 2020

A mixed packet of pumpkin / courgette and butternut squash: To start with (as of 18 April 2020) I have set off (from right to left) on my left windowsill  4 x Butternut squash (Early Butternut) 4 x Courgette (Black Beauty) 4 x Courgette (Golden Zucchini) 4 x Pumpkin (Yellow Scallop) Those few to the extreme left are pre-existing  cucumber seedlings: 25 April 2020 Starting to sprout in the greenhouse 4 May 2020 Further progress:

An unused packet of beetroot seeds of the 'Boltardy' type left over from last year (2019):   Containing approximately 275 seeds, which was enough to set out 2 rows approximately 16 inches apart:   Updates to follow.

Some time spent on a baking hot Easter bank holiday preparing the ground for the planting pof runner beans, using a combination of sticks cut from our cooking apple tree and bamboo canes...

Ground prepared for plating swede plug plants of unknown variety, and covered with enviromesh to prevent massacre from insects and rodents... More details to follow in documenting the plants progress...

Of the 'White Gem' variety: As per the instructions on the packet, I sow the seeds fairly thickly in two rows roughly 16 ins apart, and cover lightly with soil: More to follow...

Preparation and planting of peas of the 'Kelvedon Wonder' variety. The trench is prepared as shown: More to follow... Update 13 April 2020 A view from inside the enviromesh...