After the manic weekend at Ragcity, it was back to the peace and calm of the allotment at West Moors today with the clear up more or less complete e.g. the motorhome needing a blitz. I didn't need to do a lot due to the heavy rain on Tuesday morning but got some weeding out of the way and then picked spinach, chard, garlic, broad beans and the first peas of the year. It is looking good.
The tomatoes, leeks, carrots, beetroot and climbing beans are making good progress whilst the peas and spinach are promising good crops. I am most pleased, aesthetically at least, by the lettuces which are in the foreground of the first photo. They look like shop bought lettuces with no damage from snails and slugs which is a first for me. I am so pleased with them. The other thing worth commenting on is the fact that there is no rush to see things taking off with a vengeance. The platning of seedlings grown at home has boosted success but they don't go into the beds and start to tear away. It takes a few weeks to establish themselves and then they go.
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