1st of May but is it still Winter ?

It's been a while since I updated the blog, we've been busy with things in and outside of the house in the meantime. The only thing holding us up now is the flipping weather. Strong....no... gale force Northerlies and its meant to be Spring !
I 've finally got the chicken house finished today, just in the knickers of time as our three ladies arrive this weekend .At least they will have a nice new home to settle in to and start giving us some nice fresh eggs.
Duke as usual was on hand to model the new chuck house.

The rest of the garden has taken a battering this week, one of the poly-tunnels has been just about destroyed, fortunately I think everything in there is just about ready to face the outside world. I ve got some fleece on standby in case we get a late frost forecast.
Bed 1 has now got Beetroots, Turnips, Garlic, Leeks and Shallots coming along nicely . You can see the way the wind blowing across by how the Garlic and leek are bending over, I ll be putting some very fine mesh on tomorrow to keep the pigeons off and it should act as bit of a windbreak as well.

Bed 2 has now got a partial poly tunnel over it to give the cabbages and cauli's a reasonable start off, another couple of weeks and that will be replaced with some mesh as well. We have lots of wood pigeons visit the garden so I think we'll need some mesh to stand a chance of any crops at all ! (or I'll be buying an air-rifle........Mmmmm pan fried pigeon breast.)

The radishes in Bed 3 are coming along now and the initial chomping by I think mice has stopped now and they seem to be growing on. The Swiss Chard that we sowed next to the radish hasn't really appeared yet so I might re-sow more seed in the same spot and see what happens. The beans haven't been put in yet but they are getting really big in the little plastic greenhouse so they will have to go out soon.

Hopefully another couple of weeks and the real risk of frosts will be past and we can get all the courgettes and the pumpkins in the ground.
The sweetcorn is now in the shed and coming along nicely , also in there now are the sunflowers and just starting to pop their heads up are the marigolds we sowed a week or so ago, but they don't look like gloves yet....time foe them to grow still though.

The carrots that we sowed in the planter have taken a while but they are also now showing together with the first run of spring onions and finally our spuds have started to grow. The only problem with our spuds is that local cat has taken to using the planter bags as a toilet ! It will be having trouble going if I catch it due to a constipated right boot stuck well and truly up its arse ! Till then some cat pepper or similar will be deployed.

That is about it really, next time should see a bit more in the ground, hopefully the lounge decorated and the work on our boat started.....

Exciting albeit busy times in the Kim David and Duke household. Although Duke doesn't seem to stressed by it all as whilst I'm typing this, he is laid against my back dreaming and grinding his teeth against my back...nice !..

Until next time...adios.