General update

It has been ages (perhaps a month) since we have had a decent amount of rain. As a result we are going to the allotment every few days to water. This is perhaps not a bad thing: It gives us an opportunity to check on things and do a spot of weeding. 

Currently we have a steady supply of spring cabbage:

This variety is "Offenham".  The garlic are looking splendid:

The same cannot be said of our peas. Something has been nibbling the shoots... I thought it was slugs so we put down some pellets but one of our allotmenteering neighbours reckons it is the pigeons!

From the autumn-sown onions, the Japanese ones are by far the best and are fattening up nicely:

The red onions "Red Baron" and white onions "Snowball" are not looking as strong:

Perhaps these would do better if planted in the spring? Notice the giant cracks appearing in the soil due to the dry weather!