Calm before the storm?

If I stand right up on my tippytoes I can just about see Summer over the horizon.

If I listen really carefully I can almost hear plants growing,

and if I close my eyes I can almost remember what my house used to look like before it became Kew gardens!! Hee hee.

We're bursting at the seams with trays full of pots housing my little babies. Note the use of the word babies....you'd think they were human the way I chat away to them all day, how I peer intensely at them inspecting every new leaf. I seriously 'heart' my little plantlings.

Being so precious over them means I'm not ready to let them go out in to that big world outside just yet, I think we have more wild weather coming in and although my plot is fairly sheltered compared to most I don't think they'd manage well enough.

Saying that I have managed to plant some things out and the night I spent tossing and turning worrying about them should be embarrassing for a normal person...but you see, that's just it....I'm no longer normal! (come to think about it, was I ever?)

Have a peep at the Brassica bed,

...spuds.  All 7 varieties!

Broad beans.

...and look,

Live-in security guard!

Sleeping on the job!

Next up is the Allium department.
Onions at the rear, Shallots to the front/right, Leeks to the front/left.

These little leeks are what I lay awake worrying about. Did I plant them too early, had I planted them incorrectly and would they survive?  Well they're all doing OK up to now.

Now this bit is tricky for you to see, but look carefully and you should be able to make out some kind of cane structure, possibly for beans (as yet unplanted, gulp!)

I've got a big disadvantage to many gardeners, that being I'm such a midget!  So I had heard that this X frame is good for easier harvesting and also easier for me to build. It's VERY sturdy too, I'm impressed with my little self. Lets just hope I manage to encourage the little beggars up and along the right poles and they don't end up in a tangled mess.

Finally a shot of everything.

Well that's it for now.

Thanks for reading.

Love Claire. xxx