Calabrese poked their heads above the compost today - sharp little buggers they are. Only been in since Saturday night. They are now sitting on a coolish windowsill in the hope that they will not get as leggy as the Greyhound that were sown about 4 weeks ago.

Dig, dig, dig, dig, diggin - dig a little bed for me. Jeez me back hurts - more roots like below but the soil is looking good and at least I have done more than I had done last year. Now I just need to pull me finger out and start sowing some things to go in the lurrvely beds I have dug. Just had a look at Max's blog though and it looks like he has a bigger couch problem on his than I have on mine. And that rock will take some moving.

This evening I shall be sowing sprouts (Evesham and Seven Hills), dwarf curly kale, cauliflower (All Year Round), Kohl Rabi, Red Cabbage and Calabrese - finger well and truly pulled out.

Right - for Andy this the cheeky blighter. Got all me onion sets in, decided there wasn't enough so bought some more so have about 360 onions, 160 garlics, and 15 shallots (slight imbalance methinks). Now concentrating on digging bits that have not been dug in the two years I have had me plot. Tis a bugger. Tree roots, raspberry roots, bramble roots and bastard couch thistle roots. Need space for me parsnips (White Gem) and me cabbage (Greyhound) so that is what I will be doing this weekend. Just taken me last leeks out - spring onions me OH called them. Kale is going over but the sprouty bits are delish. PSB is heading up nicely so may have some of that Sunday.

Ooooooooooooh!!!! T'as been dry for a few days now and the sun has shone. Think I might get up the plot tomorrow and get my onion sets in. Bit more action on the plot equals a bit more action on the blog.

Ok, not really being read, but I suppose that is not really the point so here goes...

...went up to look at the damage caused by the wind. Not as bad as feared. My shed was where I put it - not like my neighbours that had been lifted up, carried and plonked down again 10m further down the plot - would have been good to watch methinks. Tried to help him put is back today but it is too flimsy a structure so needs four - one on all corners. I had a lot of plastic blown about and a wandering compost bin. Also lost some sheet mulch of my strawberry bed which will be a bit of a bugger to put back as it will need to be lined up so the plants poke out the holes. My cloche over my peas and overwintering lettuce also needs rebuilding but it will have to wait till the winds are gone.

Dug my last five parsnips which is sad cos they have been a revelation. Can't stand supermarket parsnips and as this was all I really ever had, just though I hated them. I grew them for my partner cos she loves them but I have found that I love the ones I grow too. Nothing like supermarket ones so I think they must really suffer from being out the ground too long. Fresh out the ground and cooked, they are totally different so I will be growing load more tomorrow. I also harvested cauliflower, kale and sprouts (and sprout tops - yummy).

Despite the weather, I also managed some digging cos I had an area that has been covered with plastic since September so it was quite dry.

All in all, a lovely sunny refreshing day up at the plot.

'tas been quite on here the past few weeks but then not much lottying has been going on and what has been going on ain't been worth reporting. Digging and harvesting the usual winter veg. Did demolish my raspberry bed last week as it is on the south side of my plot (not my doing) so casts shade where shade is not wanted. I will get round to moving what is left in the ground to the north side at some point!!! The winds have played havoc - blown the window out my shed, black plastic where it is not wanted and constantly having to reassemble to cloche protecting peas and overwintering lettuce. Broadies are looking a but big due to the mild weather so may have to fleece them if a cold snap is promised.

Oh well - here goes.

Went up to the lotty today and transferred my Broad Beans from their pots to their bed - did not fill the bed so will now sow the beans that Delilah sent me in the empty pots to fill in the spare space. Dropped my bean rigs so that is the old season well and truly over but it felt alright doing it on the day that I put the first bean crop of 2007 in. My overwintering onions vary from about 0cm to about 10cm so they seem to be coming on alright. No sign of my garlic yet after 4 weeks but not panicking - one has pushed itself out so must be putting on root growth. Also transferred 18 strwaberry plants from their nursery bed to their final position - only about 40 to go. Only harvested Kale today.