Garden Update

After updating first about the arbor yesterday I thought I would update about it again today. I managed to finish it this evening just before the rain started. The only thing left is to source some of those fancy wood plugs to cover the leg bolt holes and I am thinking I need one more 2x2 on either end. What do you think, more 2x2's at the top?

After completing that I had some gardening to do and some photos to take for this post which then had to be done in the rain. I have been reader a few blogs that have been writing about the bad in their garden and it made me realize I rarely write about the bad. So I will start with the bad today.

One of my Broccoli died. The same thing happened last year in another bed were the plant just shriveled up and died. No cutworm marks but when the plant is dug up it has no roots. Any ideas? Thankfully I have spares in the cold frame so this one was replaced this evening.

Here is one of the 15 not dead broccoli. They are all about a foot tall now. In behind you may see the interplanted radishes, trying to really maximize space this year.

This photo shows two bad things. The first being that 3 of the eight bok choy have bolted. Not sure if this is common as I have never grown them before. The second bad is all the weeds that sprouted from my compost. I did end up getting that Japanese Weeder but have only had time to weed one bed so far.

Well that is enough bad news for today, here is some good news. The early planted tomato has one fruit that is a bit bigger then a gum ball now. I hope it ripens by the first week of June. It also has loads of buds that are just about to open. :-)

Here we have tatsoi & 'bright light' chard from Daphne's Dandelions. They really need to get in the ground but I can't plant them until my new beds are filled. Really need to make that happen soon.

Here are the broad beans that came all the way across the pond from Down on the Allotment. They have just started to flower which I am rather excited about, aren't
they beautiful? You will be seeing lots of these this spring.

The pot of radicchio & onion sets are doing very well. I think radicchio grows better as a fall crop though so we shall see how it does in the spring.

Lastly I plant two Romanesco Broccoli this evening. They are more like a cauliflower and it is recommended to hold off plant them until most of the cold has past. They can't take nearly as much frost as broccoli can. By July I hope to be harvesting some spiky, alien looking heads!