Erik the Gnome has been on our allotment for about 10 years now, keeping an eye on it while we are not there. In the summer he hides in the brambles so this is the last month that he is easily spotted.
5 May, planted Nicola Potatoes in bed A. Sowed sweetcorn in modules on windowsill.
19 May, in bed C: planted out beans that had been grown in pots. 1 row dwarf french (snap bush), 1 row climbing french (neckar queen); on other side of each wigwam sowed seeds; sowed double row of runners (scarlet emperor on left from shed, best of all on right).
22 May, only one courgette is showing so sowed a few more in each pot.
26 May planted out pandora leeks that had been sown in modules in bed D.
Other row of pandora leeks sown direct are coming through and looking good.
In bed E, have two rows of about 8 parsnips come through, and six red cabbage from earlier sowings. Sowed a few more parsnips and cabbages to fill gaps and covered cabbages with net to keep birds off.
Beans planted previous week look frost damaged but alive. Carrots are showing.
