A very different plot...

Allotment 28a is a very different plot these days. Since my last post 5 months ago we've been hard at work transforming the lottie. We've got loads of raised beds now, they're all in, and working is a lot easier. There's a part of me that's sad that it won't be the same overgrown patch as last year, but its great having level ground and space to move around between the beds. Last year when we watered, the water ran straight off into the grass, but now it seeps into the ground where its needed.

So. What have we planted/moved. We picked 10 of the best raspberry canes and gave the rest to other plot holders and planted them in a long bed where they were before along with 2 red currant bushes, one white and one black currant bushes. We ditched our onions as we got bored of watching them doing very little, but we kept the shallots. We split the rhubarb and planted it at the ends of 2 raised beds. We moved the lavender bush to a different bed and made it a herb bed. 

We got all our potatoes in at the end of March. We've got Dunluce and Rocket which are both earlies and good old King Edwards for roasting. That's 3 beds of spuds. Yum.

Our winter/spring veg has been really funny. The birds kept on stripping it so by the time we managed to cover it properly it had basically had enough and did nothing for months. Now there's a bit of warmth and sunshine its growing although not enough to harvest anything. A bit of a waste of time but at least we'll know for next time. We might get enough for one meal of purple sprouting before we have to get the plants out to make way for something else. Oh well.

We've got some horseradish in a container. That's something that I'm really looking forward to, I ADORE horseradish. Horseradish on everything please.

I started some broad beans, Seamus started some peas and they've gone in, and looking rather fantastic. We've got leeks and french beans in the propagator and some other bits and pieces. 

I'm making nettle quiche right now for dinner, didn't manage to last year, hope its good...

Here's some more pics: