More Sowing and Transplanting

My second lot of peas have sprouted and the germination rate is 100%, they were growing well so I took the opportunity to transplant them to their final position.

Swiss Chard, Leeks and Beetroot are a bit slow but the brassicas have now germinated.

The new chickens have arrived

The others sowings today were French Beans, Courgettes, Squash, Pumpkin and Crystal Lemon cucumber in the greenhouse. They are a little early probably a week but I want to make sure they germinate in case I have to resow like last year and then they were behind, and they did not catch up very well.

Tomatoes, Peppers  and Chilli are strong with a couple of Chilli varieties a bit slower, Paper Lantern and Purple Tiger.

 

I sowed two beds of Broad Beans and one of Field beans, they were doing very well and then the mouse found them. Not a total loss but a bit of a disappointment.

The Strawberries are starting to show signs of life.

The Leek Harvest

We have a 35 acre field full of leeks across the road from us but as they have not started harvesting them yet we cannot go gleaning the ones the supermarkets don't want.

A Few Left

So it is up to the veg garden and dig up the metre square bed we have grown this year. I transplant the leeks individually so they are spaced properly etc yet the ones in the field that are sown by machine are far better, even though they can be touching.

The Leek Crop

I checked the Brocolli and it is slowly developing , the heads are about the size of golf balls so far.

Brocolli