Sagacious sunday

Back is too sore to type for long. But here is the summary of a very productive day. All the onions, shallots and garlic are planted out. I have laid a large expanse of rather unattractive weed proof fabric onto a quadrant of the lower vegetable bed. And to cut the holes into the thick fabric and push through the onion sets felt more like sewing that sowing. But they are done and a painful afternoon’s work will hopefully yield a good supply of veg later. (The garlic up at the top potager is putting on great growth under its weedproof fabric. But I don’t dare inspect too carefully in case they aren’t thriving. I am not going to plant a single bulb more.

I sowed more grass seeds on the bald bits of the lawn, and created another path up between the strawberry bed and the top of the onion bed. It’s too shallow to grow anything but weeds – the bedrock is about two inches below the soil. So there may be an aesthetic element to the garden yet. Lush green paths, bring em on.

I cut back the crisp sage in the herb garden. And planted about ten little sage seedlings which I had taken as cuttings in September. So amazing that they survived the winter. I also put in five rosemary seedlings which also made it through. And planted two more salvia caradonas plants which were hiding in the shed. If all goes well this particular bed is going to be a blaze of colour in May. The allium purple sensations are already coming up through the cold soil.

To give my back a rest I planted up some sweet corn seeds. I really need to get the broad beans into the ground so I can use the root trainer pots for more corn later this week. Tomorrow I must rake over the last quadrant that has been neglected. I can see the first few weed seeds making an appearance and I need to get that weed proof cover down this week.