So last week Helen went up to plant some large but unspecified garlic - got it started at home in the kitchen. Going up there today looks like it's settled in OK.
Made a visit to Charlton Park (local garden centre) today, very helpful. They have more varieties of potato than you can shake a stick at, and provided some useful local knowledge. So, on the spuds got:
- Estima 2nd early, main crop
- Lady christl, 1st early (recommended in Gardener's World)
- Winston, 1st early
And got a few alliums:
- Shallot pikant
- Onion red baron
- Onion sturon
(should that be allia?) Anyways, these can go in to the plot we have in March. Went to the allotment afterwards and did some more digging, mixed in 200L of bought compost, 100L of mole hill, 100L of random other stuff into the patch. Discovered that the top patch is probably the most clay, so the next plot should be no where near as bad!
Wheel barrow dead handy, couldn't carry 2 x 100L bags of compost down the hill!
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