Progress

A successful few days. We managed to dig some more of the garden, moved the rest of the soil from the demolished ornamental wall and get some more stuff planted.

Yesterday after more digging we put the potatoes in and planted a row of radishes and spring onions.

The really good news is that our earlier plantings are showing signs of life. Almost all the onion sets are growing well, with 3-4" shoots on some of them. Four out of the eight asparagus plants are already through. We were amazed at how quickly they grow once they break through, and it's a bit frustrating because we can't cut any this year and they do look very tempting.

The leeks are coming up now. They look a bit like chives at the moment, but the ground is ready for them to be thinned and moved when it's time. A friend told us that she puts hers in toilet roll tubes when she plants them out, so we might try that with a few to compare results.

We're still not sure that we have room for everything we've bought, but fingers-crossed all will be well. We can always put a few things in amongst the flowers.

Weather outside looks foul at the moment, but all being well we'll finally get the parsnips in, which is a bit late I know, but I expect they'll be OK. Golf also beckons, and cleaning our bikes. Busy day ahead methinks.

Speaking of bikes it's been good to get back on mine this week after an enforced layoff. There's not much better than cycling through the Suffolk countryside at thi time of the year. Only two days ago amongst other things I saw a herd of around fifty deer and an adder.