A little bit more done.

Rest days from work eventually came round again....and after a few hours kicking back fishing I was ready to get my back into some more soil shovelling. The lad who dropped us two tons of top soil off must have had his generous hat on.....there is at least 4 ton maybe more ! We finally filled all the raised beds, the carrot planter and still got about two and half ton left !

The seeds in the pots and propagators inside have been doing really well. The courgettes are growing like mad and I think we will be planting them on into bigger pots....still giving the risk of frost so we're going to keep them indoors another couple of weeks.

Our two varieties of courgettes.

The chilli plants are staying indoors and are about ready to re-plant in bigger pots.....I ve been reading that if they start to look leggy then they need re-planting up to their arm-pits, or to the first leaves. So we need some bigger pots tomorrow and then I ll get them moved before work.

Our leggy chilli's

The pumpkins have finally popped their heads up and so have the first tomato plants.

 Pumpkins.

Our first ickle tomato plants.

We've also bought a few cheap little sow and grow pots, two Scotch Bonnet peppers and one Sunflower....time will tell whether they grow or not !

First job was to get the bloody flipping...fu!?#*..stupid, chuffing hedge trimmer started...after blood sweat tears and a complete thesaurus of swear words it finally started.....the hedges being trimmed was the easy bit....that hedge trimmer will i'm sure end up meeting a premature end ! We also despatched the stray Willow tree that was growing up through the middle of the hedge and it really does look a lot neater now.

After a quick trip to the tip we set about filling, raking and levelling the beds, then it was finally time to get some of the early veggies sown. First though I wanted to get the bean supports up. Cane and garden twine was soon knocked into a sturdy support.

The beans had grown like magic beans inside, the soaking overnight really brought them on, they had long root shoots within 36 hours. God knows if I ve planted them right, the books said a few centimetres deep then rake over fine soil and water so that is what we've done ! I think we've planted twenty two sprouting beans, so we should have plenty of runner beans this summer....hopefully ! The broad beans are going to go in a round tub with a cane wigwam for supports.

The spuds have also gone in today, we chitted them on the window sill and all of them had a good two centimetres of growth on the shoots . We've planted them in bags , a few bags of first earlies and a few bags of second earlies. All situated in a nice sheltered sunny spot.You can see the first early bags in the above picture, the second earlies are a little lower down the plot in front of bed two just out of the picture.

We had a little break after the soil shovelling and paid a visit to my new 'toy shop ' the garden centre ! The Spring centre just down the road from us has been getting a regular visit by us both , today we treated ourselves to lunch as well as some more garden treats, it was lovely.
I also got a couple of new toys....a lovely shiny new hoe and a trowel and hand fork......oh dear I'll be buying beige and comfy shoes next !

On the way home I turned off the main road and treated Kim to a few minutes of socialising with the three donkeys that live at Sigglesthorn....bless them they are gorgeous...next time we must remember to take them a carrot and a few apples.

Back home and we quickly planted our newly acquired strawberry plants out in pots and also sowed some more seeds. Bed one was given some turnip seeds, some beetroot seeds and some shallot sets to keep the garlic company. Bed two is still empty for the time being. Bed three has the runner beans in it and I also added some Swiss Chard and a row of radishes.

Not a huge change in how things look but slowly there are little bits being added.

So a busy two days again but despite being hard work it is so therapeutic as well, time to think but also time to unwind.....and it is something we can do together which I am really loving.The best bit though is the cold bottle that was produced just in time for me to call it a day.

I hope the next few work days pass quickly so that we can do a bit more. Percy Thrower eat your heart out !.........Kim said "Percy who ? "..........cheeky so and so !

Bye for now.