It rained on Monday morning. It was by no description heavy rain but it lasted all morning so it did at least add some moisture to the top few inches of soil. The afternoon was mostly dull with some late evening sunshine.
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| A dull holiday Monday on the plot |
In the afternoon we visited the allotment to water the greenhouse tomatoes as we hadn't been down for a few days. As it happens we managed to harvest enough vegetables and fruit for our evening meal.
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| Potatoes - Maris Bard |
Our greenhouse potatoes are taking over. They will have come out of the greenhouse in the next few days to make way for our final planting of tomatoes. These Maris Bard and Winston potatoes were planted on the 1st April and I thought it worth a test to see if they had produced a worthwhile crop in just 2 months.
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| Harvested crops 30th May 2011 |
As it turned out I wasn't disappointed with a crop of just over 0.5kg. No doubt I could have left them a little longer as there was a fair number of tiny immature potatoes that were not large enough to use. I was pleased with this early very tasty crop of Maris Bard potatoes. We also harvested enough other vegetable and fruit to provide us with enough for our evening meal. A short but worth while trip to the plot.
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