Moon phase: Week 1 (waxing)
I went up to the allotment early, as it was going to be a sunny day, though it was already pretty hot by 8.30!
An unexpected bonus was the delivery to the site of a large pile of woodchippings, thanks to one of the plotholder's whose neighbours were having some leylandii ripped out. With the help of Jim from the next plot, I was able to lay paths between beds 3 & 4, 5 & 6 and 6 & 7, and fill my barrow with enough to do another one (probably between 7 & 8). Suddenly the whole plot is looking remarkably neat and tidy!
Although this is a "Leaf" week, I'm a bit behind so I've been planting anything that needs going in. That includes a load of red onion sets ("Red Baron") I ordered late and which took a long time to arrive. Between the three blocks of onions (planted in rows across the bed) I planted out a dozen or so of the beetroot that I've been growing in modules, and a few celeriac.
I also hoed the potatoes and earthed them up a bit, and weeded the garlic, peas and beans. All in all, a good morning's work!
This evening I thinned the spinach in raised bed 2, and we ate the thinnings in a pasta sauce - our first proper crop of the year :)