Purple Sprouting, Peas, Runner Beans, Beetroot and Comfrey

Planted out a Comfrey which will be used for green manure whne it is big enough.



Birds have been pecking the young broad bean leaf, stunting their growth so I've tied lines with old CDs across the bed and tied a supermarket bag which should hopefully make it a slightly less chilled restaurant for the local pigeons!


Planted out the purple sprouting brocolli today and created a net frame around it. Done with old plumbing pipes and electrical cable ties - a magnificent invention and so much easier than fiddling with string. Also pushed the soil up on the first early potatoes. First lot of peas also planted out and netted.


Planted and polled the first of the French Runner Beans. Hopefully these will survive
the birds and slugs, but I will be planting more out expecting to lose some of these.


The net frame and runner beans from the front of the allotment.


I dont think the seeds hav sprouted on this side of the box bed so I have planted out some more Golden Detroit Beetroot at this end. The beetroot at the other end of the bed has started sprouting as have some parsnips. Carrots in the middle beds are also showing, onions and shalots are doing very well.