Martin's New Garden

Time for another update. It's been a week!

I put the last piece of glass into the greenhouse today, so we're all weatherproof once again. I've reduced the grapevine to a single shoot, I've chopped all the other shoots down to one leaf. That single shoot will be trained up and along this year, next year we'll see what the fruit is like.

The tomatoes are growing now, I took out the sideshoots today and noticed the first flower buds. My cucumbers have germinated in the greenhouse border as well. There's now a bed alongside the greenhouse, with a few flowers and some manky onions. I will sow some carrots in there tomorrow...

   

My potatoes are coming through now, and I've extended the bed they are in to accommodate some sweet corn and a runner bean wigwam. The runner beans are chitted but haven't put their heads above the compost in the greenhouse yet. I'll probably be able to plant them out in another week or so.

   

Meanwhile Colin is keeping an eye on the planters. The first buds have appeared on the sweet peas behind him now, too.

   

Lots to do!