It was plant, plant, plant ...

How glad were we that we didn't have to go to work on Monday and we could make the most of the good weather. I do feel sorry for those of you who are stuck at work during the rare  spells of good weather.

I spent the morning planting in the garden (but that can wait for now) and we spent the afternoon planting and sowing on the plot. At last things are beginning to fill up nicely.

Martyn planted lots of bean and pea seeds. For some reason we are struggling to get peas to grow this year and we do like garden peas. In desparation Martyn has planted as many peas as he could fit in.

If you remember we sowed two lots of carrots - one lot was sown in 'holes' cut into weed control fabric and the other lot just, as we normally do, into trenches of compost. The ones growing in the bed covered in weed control germinated and although one patch has been munched by slugs - despite watering with nematodes - are continuing to grow fairly well. The other bed was quite a different story. The seeds germinated but the growth had been strimmed off by slugs or snails. Strange - as if anything I would have thought the weed control fabric would be more likely to cause a slug problem in that the slugs would be able to hide under the covering. Martyn has resown the munched area and will not be a happy bunny if the slugs repeat their attacks - in fact any repeat performance and we will both be very angry bunnies.

We planted lots of sweetcorn - we will need it as a pea replacement if the peas remain reluctant to grow. Two patches have been planted - one lot was planted alongside runner and French beans. Unfortunately we only have a two sisters' bed as none of our squash seeds have germinated which is very strange. Of the two varieties sown not a single seed has made any effort.

The runner and some French beans had been planted earlier but I planted a second lot in the bed above and another lot at one end of the bed that Martyn has filled with pea and bean seeds.

The photo was taken at an angle - the beans were lined up properly - honest.

I also planted come cauliflowers in the brassica bed so hoed the rest of the bed whilst the net was off. No butterflies were about and the wood pigeons could only watch from the 'safety' of the power lines - I wonder why they don't end up with sizzling feet!

Martyn planted lots of courgettes - more than usual but this year who knows whether they will survive never mind actually grow and fruit.

He also planted our outdoor cucumbers which will grow up the canes at the opposite side of the sweet pea frame.

Oh and I nearly forgot we planted some lettuce too! The ones at the far end were planted earlier so hopefully we will have a succession to harvest.

Then our efforts were rewarded with a little treat!