A bit of progress

 

Proto strawberries!

April was a very dry month. Yesterday seemed to try to make up for it by pissing torrential rain for HOURS. The downside was pissing torrential rain for hours. The upside is that everything in the garden got a good drink, and seems to be gladder for it.

Today, it's much warmer, and the morning was sunny, so I took advantage of that to pot the GrowBar flowers what actually started into something that can now just live in the green house or outside, rather than in our living room, and to dump yet more compost on the potatoes. 

I also, somewhat hilariously, discovered a rogue nasturtium growing in the gravel, so I pulled it up and stuck it in a pot, too. 

Many, many things in pots

Basically, I'm waiting for the stupid fence to be fixed so I can just get on with things. We can't move crates and whatnot to their long-term homes until the workmen are done stomping around, which is deeply aggravating. They're supposed to be here tomorrow, which means I may take opportunities during the week to get things going. Peas and beans, for sure. I need to try the courgette again, and maybe just put the other squash directly into the crate. 

Everything feels like such a shambles, this year, but the potting bench continues to be one of the best purchases of 2021.

It's hard to see, but there are billions of tiny lettuce starts.
Don't worry - I'll thin them.