So I went down the allotment yesterday afternoon and finally got in the main crop potatoes.
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| Main crop potato bed, King Edwards. |
So above you can see how lovely it looks. Believe me it took some time getting it to this particular state. It was very weedy and solid when I arrived so had to be dug, rotorvated and manured as the potatoes went in but it is now done if maybe a little late. I'm not worried though, they will grow and I am hoping for a wonderful crop of King Edwards at the end of the summer.
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| New potatoes, Nicola. |
As you can see the new potatoes are doing well and I will get them 'hilled up' this week some time as I choose not to hill my potatoes up until after they have come through. I find this helps keep on top of the weeds and means they don't go astray of the hills.
Whilst there id also did a little breaking up of earth in the brassica bed in preperation of weeding and planting.
I also had a close look at a couple of the fruit trees.
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| Damson tree |
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| Cherry Tree |
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Pear Tree
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All the trees have set fruit now, some more than others so I will be keeping an eye on them and possibly thinning out the fruit as I think the pear tree especially has far too much fruit on it and I don't want to risk the branches splitting!!
This is a wondeful time of year. You potatoes look great and your fruit trees will be ready to harvest in a while.
ReplyDeleteThis weekend we pulled the last of our potatoes. Already the weather is getting very hot ;-(
Velva
I do like this time of year...but I am always ready for the planting season to slow down which fortunately will be very soon!!
DeleteLooks good - Much less weedy than my plots!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kev, although if I am honest I have got very good about deciding where to point my camera!!
DeleteI weeded a small flower bed today and that was bad enough. I can imagine how much work it was to get your potato bed looking good.
ReplyDeleteBut it's worth the work for the satisfaction after...right Ann?!?!
DeleteOur fruit tends to thin itself - too enthusiastically
ReplyDeleteOh Dear...I have never had to thin my fruit before but I have also never had so much set...I will keep an eye on it!!
DeleteBetter late than never. As you say, they may just give a later harvest but that's not the end of the world. My fruit trees aren't doing so well this year but there's lots of baby peaches on the peach tree so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for those.
ReplyDeleteI love peaches but don't have a tree. I do have an apricot tree but as yet it has never flowered which is really upsetting. Is your peach tree inside?
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