8th - 22nd May 2008
Max Temp 27.5C Min Temp 1C Rain 19.5mm
2007
Max Temp 23C Min Temp 5C Rain 49mm
Sorry to be a bit out of sinc. 8th to the 16th was shorts
and factor 30 weather but it has cooled down a bit now. We could do with rain but the straw mulch is doing a wonderful job and the soil under it is moist and crumbly.
Last year as we all know was awful and the Potato Blight hit very early here. This year however there is a great improvement and the hopes are that the blight will be under control, having said that I will be spraying in the next few days just to be sure as I don't want to loose all the spuds as I did last year.
There has been a lot going on so I will make a list ;-
Carrots - disatrous germination so have resown
Beetroot - the same as above
Shallots - looking good and responding well to the dung water.
Garlic - NO RUST and looking promising
Onions from seed - Romping away
Peas - starting to climb
Mange tous - Resowing today germination very poor
Broad Beans - Lots of pods developing
French Beans - Wax pods up and waiting for the green ones
Cauli - The plants I bought refused to start growing so have been replaced with my own
Cabbages - The poor sick seedlings that I planted have overtaken the plants I bought.
Calabrese - The same as the Caulies.
Potatoes - Looking good
Salad things - All doing well
Sweet Potatoes - Planted under a Plastic Cloche through Black Plastic, fingers crossed.
Strawberries - Fruit well formed on the early plants and the remontants are moving into action.
Rhubarb - Moved this year but begining to make nice looking crowns.
Blackcurrants - Looking good if I can keep the aphids under control.
Red Currants - Almost tall enough to have the tops taken out to start the standards and the side shoots will be pruned next month.
Gooseberries - Very young bushes but there a few gooseberries on them.
Apple Trees - 4 New trees three of which are producing leaves and the forth is not dead but has yet to show signs of growth.
Cherry Tree - Had lots of flower but there might be 3 or 4 cherries on it
Last but not least 8 out of 9 eggs hatched yesterday.
And every thing in the garden is lovely!!!!!!!!