I've given up on the broad beans I sowed direct in the ground ages ago, which still haven't appeared: obviously I sowed them too early (though they're supposed to be hardy). There's still time to sow, so later today I'm going to sow the rest of the packet (there are plenty left) in seed compost in peat pots.
I've started re-filling the compost pit, with weeds from the garden, mainly nettles, so far. I've got a large patch of nettles underneath the old apple tree, which I don't intend to ...

There was a slight frost last night: I hope it hasn't done for my 'Cherokee' pole beans. They're under an improvised tunnel-cloche, but the ends weren't completely down. If it has, I've got plenty more seeds, and the sowing season continues until May (I sowed the present lot a bit too early, really), so it's not the end of the world.
This morning, I pricked out 18 of my celeriac seedlings, which have got their first true leaves, into peat pots filled with multi-purpose compost, and threw ...

This morning, I limed the tomato bed, since my pH gauge suggested it was just on the acid side of neutral, and toms prefer it just on the alkaline side, apparantly. Also applied bone meal and blood, fish and bone meal, and forked the lot lightly in. I will plant the toms out in a week or so.
Checked on the pole beans ('Cherokee Trail of Tears') under their cloche. Doing well.

Today we ate a little of my first ever home grown produce! Leaf salad - Italian Mix. Sowed 22 March. My first ever 'crop'.
It tasted great in a ham and coleslaw roll.

Well it has been exciting hasn't it? To get some sun and all?

Delightful!

Well I got so excited i've sown carrots and cilantro (leaf coriander) out in a pot together, to follow on hopefully from my early carrot sowings.

But of course today the weather decides to return to April Showers!

The main thing going crazy in my garden and probably many other Grape's are the potatoes.

We are about 5 weeks I guess from St. Patricks ...

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