What a change over the last week! The warm damp weather has given everything a massive boost of growth. Things that had just got established suddenly looked as if they had been in for several weeks.

The potatoes have doubled in size, the strawberries have started showing small fruits and the comfrey which I just cut is nearly back to the same size as it was before. In the tunnel the crops are getting ready to cut and I have already had two lettuce out of it and the first peas are almost ready.

I have almost prepared the borders in tunnel 1 for the tomatoes and they will be in this week, together with the cucumbers. The number of trays of pots in tunnel 2 keeps reducing as the go into the cold frame and are hardened off then planted out

I have managed to plant out the sweetcorn and some of the dwarf french beans, and have erected the frames for the runner beans and one variety of french bean.

The second brassica frame is erected and ready to be filled - hopefully this week. I have made a start on the flower border between beds 5 and 7 and a row of sweet peas have been planted.

JOBS FOR THE WEEK

1. Plant out brassicas
2. Plant out climbing beans
3. Plant tomatoes and cucumbers in tunnel 1
4. Prune the grapes in both tunnels

WORK DONE THIS WEEK

Sunday

1. Water
2. Transplant sweetcorn out - three lots into ground
3. Transplant dwarf french beans- into plot
4. transplant seedlings into modules
5. Transplant seedling into large pots

Monday

1. Water
2. transplant seedlings into large pots
3. Erect brassica frame
4. Erect frames for climbing beans
5. Weed and thin roots in bed
6. prepare flower border for sweet peas and erect canes

Tuesday

1. Finish preparing borders in tunnel 1
2. Tidy grape vine in tunnel 1
3. Tidy fan plum on side of shed
4. Plant out cabbage, cauliflower and calabrese in frame

Wednesday

1. Water
2. Plant runner beans
3. Plant climbing french beans
4. Plant tomatoes in tunnel 1

Thursday

1. Water
2. Plant cues in tunnel 1
3. Plant cauliflowers (2) and calabrese in brassica frame
4. transplant celery, onions, lettuce and cabbage into large pots

Friday

1. Water
2. Sow lettuce seeds -every three weeks
3. Transplant onions and celery

Saturday- work all day

1. Water

CROPS PICKED THIS WEEK

1. Asparagus
2. Lettuce
3. Radish
4. Spring onions
5. Peas