The base is down for the greenhouse ready for the frame to be built tomorrow. It needs to be perfectly level or the frame will twist and the glass will not go in. It took quite a few cups of tea to get it done, but I think that was an excuse to sit down. It did mean that the compost bin has had to be moved outside the fence and the potato bin with it. At the moment it looks move like the start of a swimming pool.
A lot of serious seed sowing going on today. Traditionally you should plant your seed potato's on Good Friday but as we missed that made a start today. The onion sets and shallots are doing well and starting to peep through under their bottles and plastic cups. There is sign of the early carrots under the fleece, but I have a feeling there may be more weeds than carrots. The third bed in the long plot has been sown today with three rows of beetroot and a row of Ted's everlasting onions. Bed four has two rows of rainbow chard. A lack of cloches to protect them from the birds meant that a bit of creativity was required. As we no longer have milk bottle tops, I had to make bows of foil from our sandwiches and bows made from a shredded Morrisons bag, tied to string across the bed. Perfect.
A word of wisdom from Jerry today regarding getting rid of nettles. Weed in May and they will appear next day, weed in June and they will appear soon, weed in July and they will fade away. All very well but they are looking so strong and healthy that my philosophy is water them with extra strong weedkiller in April.
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