Even though there are plenty of plants growing and producing crops the work at this time of year tends to be split into two main areas. Picking the continuing crops and, once they have finished cropping, clearing the ground and digging over for next year. The other difficulty is finding something to photograph, the plants still growing are in many cases looking pretty tatty.

The old strawberry bed is now no more, though I decided to keep 8 of the plants because they were still producing well after 5 years and the plants are healthy. The rest of the bed has been dug and manured ready for the garlic , which should arrive soon.

I have cleared and dug over the area occupied by one block of sweetcorn and the dwarf french beans, pulling the squash over to one side and reducing the growth where there were no fruits on the stems.

The first load of manure is arriving this week and I have cleared the area for it to be tipped on. I also intend to bring the shed from home  down and re erect it on the plot this week, the old shed can then be removed.

JOBS FOR THE WEEK

1. Tidy up round old shed
2. Finish levelling area for new shed
3. Start spreading manure
4. Bring shed from home and erect
5. Clear last block of sweetcorn

WORK DONE THIS WEEK

SUNDAY

1. Pick
2. Water
3. Dig over area of second sweetcorn
4. Remove side of manure area
5. Start burning rubbish.

MONDAY

1. Plant up tunnel 1 with last seedlings
2. Water
3. Clear old path to one side of shed

TUESDAY

1. Manure delivered, fill manure area and tidy up.

WEDNESDAY

1. Pick

THURSDAY

1. Water
2. Start spreading manure 

FRIDAY

1. Pick
2. Water 

CROPS PICKED THIS WEEK

1. Beans
2. Cabbage
3. Peppers
4. Sprouts
5. Lettuce
6. Tomatoes
7. Chillies
8. Water melon