Yay! The sun was here!

Well, the past 2 weeks have been great up here! It was about 20C nearly every day - perfect!

We always seem to get a burst of great weather in May - I love this time of year. Everything is really starting to take off, we get a taste of the (hopefully!) summer to come, without it being too hot. It is dreaming time, when we hope that we have planned right for the months ahead, and we can sit back & relax with anticipation of the next few months ahead!



I have been busy out in the garden - I planted the first tub of carrots on the 4th May, with Paris Market. They are now starting to show and I've covered the top of the tub with fleece to hopefully avoid the dreaded carrot root fly! My tubs are about 35cm high, so not sure if that is too high for the flies or not (I've read conflicting reports as to how high they can go!). I'm also hoping that as I seem to be the only gardener in the area growing carrots (indeed, growing anything!), that there might not be any of the pests about here anyway! But lets not take the chance!



The tomatoes, peppers and aubergines have certainly took off - I had to repot them all today. The tomatoes are now about 30cm tall, and into 18cm pots! The peppers and aubergines are all about 18cm tall, and into 15cm pots. The problem I now have is that the greenhouse is very crowded! I don't think it will be warm enough to put the tomatoes out for another 4 weeks (back to our usual cool weather now!) so they will have to put up with it!



The early potatoes are romping away, and I earthed them up today. I also finally planted the maincrops today (Robinta), and the 2nd tub of carrots - this time with Chantenay.



I also planted some lettuce seed this afternoon. Last year we had a bit of a dip in the grass next to the fence, and when my potatoes etc were finished I used the compost from the pots to build it back up a bit. We now though have a little bed just perfect for lettuce!

I love lettuce, but it's something I never buy much, usually because it seems so wasteful - we use it for one meal then it's past its best. It's also rather expensive, so I bought a selection of seed instead: Belize, Marvel of the Four Seasons, Paris Island Cos, Oakleaf and Tonale Ice Queen. I also planted some spring onion - Red Beard. I have some more tubs set aside for these and will plant another lot in a few weeks time (if I remember!).



The broad beans I sowed a few weeks ago are coming on now, and the strawberries are a mass of flowers so hoping we get a good crop from them!

A frost is forecast for tonight so I'd better go and wrap the plants up! I'll add some photos later.