I thought I'd update everyone on what I have done today at the allotment.
What a beautiful day it was too. I actually got sun burnt inside the poly tunnel, and found it hard to tolerate the heat. And it was only about 7 degrees outside!!
Also, I have bitten the bullet, and have decided that I had to change to layout inside the tunnel to get the best possible amount of growing space.
Originally I had two pieces of furniture at both ends of the tunnel, which I used to store tools, etc...but now I have moved them in the the middle of the tunnel back to back, to provide more growing space in the beds, and give me a workstation for potting up, in the middle of the tunnel.
It may look a little crowded from the picture, but I do have adequate space to walk around.
The carrots that I sowed about 3 weeks ago are all coming up nicely, and we should have crop as early as May.
I do wish I'd used some better compost now though, as this stuff is pretty lumpy, and could cause the roots to fork.
The broad beans are doing really, have started to flower, and the fragrance inside the tunnel is beautiful.
There's still no signs of the potatoes, but with the heat in the tunnel at the moment, they should have come out of their dormant state, and there must be something going on under the soil. Time will tell. I've added another layer of insulation to them, by putting polythene over the top, to aid them further. I'm still determined to get a crop in May!
I also tidied, and washed all tools, and pots ready for the new growing season. I cannot believe it's March already, and it's so exciting to think that the growing season starts in earnest this month, and we will start to have crops to eat in the next 6-8 weeks, and then all the way through to winter.
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