Weathers gettin' better

Well, been a wee while since I last posted but the birth of Niamh has, as expected, turned everything upside down, but things are slowly returning to normal - the last of the long stay visitors departs on Friday, so I can get back to doing some good hard work at the field. I've received my seeds (bar the Fartichokes which I'm still waiting on, and the tatties which I have yet to order. I opened my onion sets (25kg Sturon, 25kg Red Baron) and my back gave a twinge - obviously hasn't forgotten planting 25kg last year. Some of the sets are diseased so I have been through them and discarded the offenders - they won't be going in the ground for about a month so don't wanna open the nets then and find a mush at the bottom!. Thursdays and Fridays are taken up with sorting out my veg boxes and doing my deliveries, so as of Saturday, I shall be going at it hammer and tongs to prepare everything. I've ordered another 30 hanging baskets as I have worked out I can fit 90 in the tunnel, and these will have strawbs in them. Ordered 3 pallets of compost today, as I am growing young veg plants for one local garden centre again this year - with the possibility of supplying the other garden centre too. My Calabrese in the tunnel will be ready to start harvesting in time for next weeks boxes, and I will have to lift all my remaining leeks and celeriac next week too as I need to get the slurry on and the ground ploughed soon. Just if you're interested, this weeks boxes will contain some or all of the following - potatoes, carrots, onions, cabbage, swede, kale, pumpkin, leeks, celeriac.
Later ......................