I sorted through all my pots of strawberries an amalgamated all the less-full ones into the new strawberry bed at the bottom of the garden; some of the runners I'd potted on hadn't survived the winter frosts so it made sense to free up the pots for other crops this year. The bed looks a bit patchy at the moment but I'm expecting it to fill out as the younger plants (left) grow more leaves for the new season and catch up with the older ones on the right.
The mange-tout have gone into their planters at the bottom of the garden and I've strung the first strings for them to cling onto - I've staggered my planting slightly this year so there are another 6 plants just coming through from seed indoors which will fill up the gap on the left.
The broad beans are taking advantage of one of my new planters- last year they had the red/orange bags above but didn't really thrive so I'm hoping they'll prefer the slightly more open spacing of the planter. On the left in the black pot is my new Gooseberry bush which I found at a garden centre near Rob's parents for just a fiver - looking forward to some Gooseberry Crumble.
And I've planted out the first of my lettuces. I've shielded the baby lettuces with "cloches" to protect them from inclement weather, snails and the neighbourhood cats.
My little Rhubarb is having a rather slow start this year but I'm hoping it will pull through, when it dies down again I think I will try re-potting it (and possibly dividing it depending on size) so that it can have some nice fresh compost for next year.
My Blueberries & Morello Cherry are both coming back beautifully this year so I'm hoping for nice harvests from both.
I also tidied the shed (much more room in there now) and finally, after 3 years put the corner seat back together so we can actually sit on it.
To wrap off a gorgeous day in the garden we fired up the barbecue and lit the garden with candle lanterns for a lovely evening meal.
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