​A cold wind!

Sunday 29th April
The wind was bitter this morning but I started helping committee members clear some rubble ready for a delivery of roadstone.


The council has realised the potholes are a serious problem and finally decided they cannot wait for a free delivery from Dorset Highways and have ordered some real roadstone. We also took some broken glass down to the tip collected from the rubbish at the end of the first track.



That done I visited the cabin for coffee and cake and some crack before going to the plot.






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I was very surprised it was already midday so didn't have much time but couldn't but admire the display on my crab apple tree.​

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​​However, there was much to do. I earthed up my 3 rows of potatoes but not before scattering slug bait which hopefully when buried will kill the black keel slugs that live underground and burrow into the potatoes. I also scattered some 10:10:10 potato fertilizer along the ridges to give them a boost.

​​I then decided I really had to return my neighbour's builder's bags which contained the leaves he gathered for me from his garden. It took some effort to lift and upturn each one into the wire netting bin and pack it in level.

​I then set about digging out the rooted off-shoots from one of my blackberry plants. I put the plantlets out on the leafmould bin at the front of the plot for anyone to help themselves but forgot to publicise it or put a notice out.

​Then checking out the other blackberry I realised the newly planted summer raspberries needed weeding and collected quite a pile of weeds to add to the compost bin.

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​​Finally I cleared 7 leeks to leaves as they showed signs of going to seed and then saw that the forced rhubarb had lifted the cover up so removed it and pulled a large amount of rather twisted stems and then left the cover off to let the crown rest. I will pick from the other rhubarb plant for the rest of the season.

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