It occurs to me ...

... that we haven't had a pic of the vegetable plots for ages. And so I remedied this this afternoon.

And don't they look absolutely grand?

The bed on the left that is half-covered with a plastic sheet has some chicory seeds underneath it. I planted some of them this afternoon and under the plastic sheet (that keeps the weeds down) it's damp, warm and humid, ideal conditions for germination.

Next to it are the leeks that I planted on Sunday and the weather has started to bring them along but in the next bed are 5 rows of garlic and about 15 rows of onions and don't they look impressive? The garlic was actually last year's and I dug it up to replant once I'd finished the beds whereas the onions were sets that I bought.

But clearly the plot and the weather are suiting them because I've never seen such luscious crops growing anywhere near where I might be in charge of a garden.

So my question yesterday was to the effect of wondering what the weather might do. Basically it did 11mm of rain interspersed with a few sunny spells. I moved 200 litres of water as the water butts up at the top were overflowing and the ones down here were empty and it was a shame to waste the water and once that was completed I caught up with a load of succession sowing. The beans and the peas aren't happening at all - neither are the peppers and chili but the cabbage and so on seem to be doing well. I hope everything will catch up.

You'll notice the tree branch hanging over the onions. That wasn't there a few weeks ago - it was up in the air but the weight of the foliage has brought it down. At the moment it has some small green berries the size of large peas but they'll probably develop into something impressive sooner or later.

I've also finished lining with polystyrene where I'll be putting the wardrobe in the bedroom downstairs. I need to get cracking with that.