Veg 1

Tuesday 6 May

We so totally worked our socks off today:

• planted 16 second early potato tubers (Vivaldi) in D5
• planted another five asparagus crowns (looking very dead but you never know ...) in H6
• transplanted 11 broad bean (Stereo) plants in A5
• transplanted five nasturtium plants next to the broad beans, also in A5
• transplanted two Little Gems in C6, one of the raspberry plots

Confused about D5, H6, X527? So are we. But at least it looks as though we're practising crop rotation! And why the nasturtium next to the broad beans? We're also practising companion planting!

We were most chuffed to harvest the following:

• TWO whole portions of baby kale
• ditto rocket
• ditto mixed salad leaves

And more good news. Chef T gave us a wheelbarrow. Said he found it in his shed. Colour: cheerful green. That means we now have a wheelbarrow each.

Sorry, no pictures - just too busy.

Asparagus

Here are our 10 one-year-old "Gijnlim" asparagus crowns, to be planted soon. They were ordered from New Park Farm in Groombridge - see www.asparagus-in-kent.co.uk. A Dutch hybrid, the Gijnlim can be cut for three weeks in the first year of planting.

Asparagus art