Lots of jobs done on the plot

Lots of new spurts this past week and lots of digging, weeding, sowing and tidying up.

New greenhouse finally arrived so lots of moving plants from our window ledges into their new home.

Lots of potting on too as most of the plants at home in tiny pots and getting a bit root bound.

Planted some Borlotti beans where the cannellini beans where planted bit frost got them, and planted some rainbow carrots in the salad bed along with frilly lettuce and mixed salad.  Plenty more weeding to do so back again soon.

Planted up a raised bed with a rainbow theme - purple podded peas, rainbow beetroot, purple pepper and yellow banana peppers - they say you should eat a rainbow.
A high yielding variety of pea with appx 10 peas per pod. Plant's will grow to Appx 75cm Best sown in succession from March to June. appx 1-2 weeks between sowings The seeds should be sown in well prepared beds with plenty of well rotted organic matter added prior to sowing. A thorough drenching of the seedbed is recommended prior to sowing. Peas like to scramble so some support such as pea netting or old twigs is useful.  (12-14 weeks maturity.)
	Sweet, tasty, multi-coloured beets A mix of round-shaped beets that comes in a host of colours (including the striking Italian variety Chioggia, with its internal rings of dark pink and white).  They're sweet and flavoursome, particularly if harvested as mouth-watering baby beets. An easy way to add both visual appeal and flavour to all those home-grown salads - and the kids will love them! (from Suttons Seeds) Link to buy from Suttons Seeds
Moved one of the raised beds into our fruit area and filled with strawberries. Hubby has been carefully cultivating lots of strawberry plants from their shoots and now have 8 healthy plants all from one or two plants we started with earlier in the year. I do not like strawberries, all those little seeds, but do like the flavour.
	Planted out two tiny dwarf trees - Gala apple and Comice pear Hope they grow soon was not expecting them to be so small.  Only thing is do not know which one is which as lost the labels! Also got a fig tree which has a nice large tub in the greenhouse
Potted up 5 large felt pots for our tomatoes which are 5 gallon, put up-turned bottles into soil with bottoms cut off to water them and try to avoid rot on the stems. Roma Sweet pea  Brandy Boy Random Old seeds - Unknown variety
Lots of tidying up and clearing the weeds from the path next to the fruit area and finally leveling off the piled up soil from the installation of the greenhouse.
	Bed dug over and filled with compost, posts and wired installed and lots of little tomato plants planted.  Hope they will survive they are so tiny.  Several varieties - Roma, Sweet Pea, Brandy Boy, Gardeners delight. There are about 16 plants in all, hope not too over crowded.  Hoping for a bumper crop of tomatoes this year.   Sown sweet basil seeds in front on the right of the picture and going to plant another companion plant on the left - but not decided yet.  Possibly Mint or rosemary. I have tried to put a pip under the ground with holes in and bottles feeding each end to water the plants from underneath - lets see if it works.