Its all looking good here at Stapeley veg garden, the last of the winter veg has been pulled and eaten, Aunty Rhinum troughed all the leeks mmm. The last sad carrot crop was food for Harris and his harem, they have grown so much over winter. Harris has become a real favourite with everyone, he dances which is so funny! The girls have been laying since January, the eggs have again being troughed by Aunty Rhinum, something amiss here as some do all the feeding and cleaning and some just trough the resulting fodder. The chicks have been promised a mini-break in the veg patch if Harris curbs his desire to peck the hands that feed him!
The green manure crop didn't happen, it was very cold and all the stuff had migrated to the comparative warmth of Houseplants for the winter, they have really only just reappeared, blinking in the light, to look fondly at what will no doubt be 'Aunty Rhinums source of 5 a day for the year'.
There is a competition afoot this year...between Aunty Rhinums Dad and the Stapeley virgin veg growers, this could be very bad for the Stapeley mob as 'Dad' is the only source of veg 'know how' there is. 'Dad' already has his potatoes chitted, Stapeley however is reliant on Douglas Fir who took said seed potatoes home 3 weeks ago and keeps bleating about egg boxes, why this is so vital for successful spuds is beyond everyone, so don't hold out any hope for spuds being one of the 5 a day!! 'Dad' is already mithering AR for 8 foot canes so something else must be imminent, runner beans are the suspect veg requiring these so AR will have to visit her parents on a spying mission.
Poly Anthus is back in the team after disappearing all winter when the hard work was in progress, hmmm last on the list for freebies I feel. However along with Loo Pins they made a great job of digging over weeding the plot ready for the competition. The seeds have been surreptitiously snaffled from the garden shop and we have chosen some unusual things to try, varieties to follow as we sow.
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