Moon phase: Week 2 (waxing)
Today I've been sowing onions, spring onions and broad beans indoors, and it's been sunny enough to tempt me outside! I cleared the spent plants from one of my raised beds, and dug up the baby carrots that had been sitting there over the winter.
We also went to the allotment to pick a few kale leaves to have with our sausages tonight, so I took some pictures with my camera phone. Here's the leek bed (plants bought in from ebay):
and here's the day's harvest:
Not bad for a relative beginner!
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Here's a close-up of my best leek - I think the variety is "Musselburgh":
Here's the little red cabbage (heritage variety "Red Drumhead") that I raised myself from seed:
And here's a fine specimen of kale "Cavalo Nero", also bought as a plant:
