May 15th - 16th

I put in a bit of effort and sowed most of the seeds.
I had plenty of compost left from last year so I topped-up both of the deep beds and added a little dried seaweed too (all that was left).
The leeks, beetroot and spring onions were all just sprinkled in. I intend thinning them later. The carrots were as usual put as a few seeds, 16 spaces per square foot.
I seem to have forgotten the square at the front! The ones at the back are for potatoes probably, or perhaps the parsnips that are growing indoors.
The Carrot Week carrots are up now, seem to be doing OK and will need thinning soon.

7/8/14 sowed some mixed Italian salad seed and black kale in two squares, and transplanted the parsnips - they did not grow well indoors this time so may not do much at all.

Onions (yellow, Stuttgart giants) X16	Onions (yellow, Stuttgart giants) X9	Parsnip (7/8/14)	Parsnip (7/8/14)
Leek (Hilari)	Onions (yellow, Stuttgart giants) X16	Salad (7/8/14)	Kale (7/8/14)
Carrots (Nantes 2) X16	Carrots (Nantes 2) X16	Carrots (Chantenay Red cored 2) X16	Carrots (Chantenay Red cored 2) X16
Beetroot (Perfect 3) and Spring onions (White Lisbon)	Carrot week	Carrot week

First day in the garden!

I finally got around to cleaning the strawberry box. I dug out all the strawberry plants, threw away a lot of mint and couch grass, applied hot water from the hose in the hope of killing-off some mint and grass, added a wheelbarrow-load of compost, and then planted four or five strawberry plants/squarefoot. A lot of the plants are a bit old and woody but with the extra space I can let runners root this summer and renew the plants that way.
The garlic has been emerging square by square for quite a while now. The white and purplish white bulbs came up first, but now even the little bulbils are up - it will be interesting to see how they do.
I sowed two squares of carrots, one Nantes and one the mixed coloured ones left from last year. I sowed them  on April 23rd and the soil seemed quite warm already.
I also took the potatoes out of the fridge and set them to sprout. They had stored very well in kitchen paper in ice-cream boxes, no mould at all.

Indoors I have done nothing really! I started parsnip seed on tissue paper on almost a week ago and some of those are sprouting and will need potting tomorrow.