Vinny's Allotment Plot

It was dry and bright yesterday so had a couple of hours at the plot.

Started by lifting my remaining onions and hoe-ing and weeding the bed they were in.

Planted a summer raspberry and an autumn raspberry with an egg tray as a mulch around each.

Watered the toms peppers and cukes in greenhouse. Really pleased with these when I realise what I planted which were 'drawn' plants that I sowed far too early. Hopefully I have learned my lesson for next year, but all turned out well in the end.

I then moved on to a weedy patch at the edge of the plot I had planted spuds. Not sure what kind they are as they are purple like Desiree but have splasheds of white on them? the proofof the pudding will be in the eating and whether they taste ok. I only lifted a couple of plants as this gave me enough for what I can use fairly quickly.

I have three lots of Autumn planting onion sets this year. Autumn Champion, Senshyu and Radar. Yesterday I planted a double row of Autumn Champion. I don't usually like following 'like with like' but in this case it was the only area available, the other two lots of onions I will try to grow somewhere that hasn't had onions growing there this season.

Below are a few piccies I took when I was there. I had a leek growing from 'King pods' at the base which was seeding. as an experiment I shaved one of the heads to promote vegetative growth. It worked as you can see in one of the piccies with the unshaved head behind,
One of the sunflowers has put a spurt on and is the tallest at the mo being 9 to 10 feet and still growing!