More Carrots Sown

After taking out a few rows of carrots at the weekend, we had space to re-sow three rows of Early Nantes this evening. I also popped some cardboard collars on half the leeks, to see if it has any effect lengthening/blanching the stems. Yes, this is an experiment.

There were also another handful of peas to collect, and I took up another row (three plants) of Rocket potatoes. They seem to be keeping really well underground; minimal slug damage so far.

We also had to find somewhere for half a dozen spinach seedlings; lacking a good spot, we weeded around the smallest blueberries (still very little!), and put them in there. This necessitated digging up three of the potato plants that had been left unintentionally (no bad thing).

In weeding, I discovered that the end blueberry (Fruiting Dixi) had a small bunch of berries, which we hadn't spotted before. Very pleasing; it means four of the seven will have fruited this year (the two oldest, and two of the two-year-old plants we put in in 2009).

The seven are:

• Something unknown!
• Grover (the biggest)
• Top Hat
• Spartan
• Patriot
• Gold Traube
• Fruiting Dixi

The first two came with us from our old garden, and are cropping well again this year. I need to decide how to make ericaceous compost or mulch, which these and the raspberries will benefit from.

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