Saturday Morning Just Me & My Girl

Emma & I had a productive morning on the allotment, getting in another bed with the last of the Red Baron Onion Sets, The Charlotte Second Early spuds and Emma did a grand job of weeding the SFG Bed and the bindweed along the wall.

Blueberry 'Trio Collection' comprises the following varieties arrived yesterday: 

Blueberry ‘Bluegold’ - Mid to late season (late July- August). High-yielding, vigorous, upright bush bearing large clusters of dark blue, medium-sized berries. Very sweet flavour and a good shelf life. Golden autumn foliage and yellow stems.

Blueberry ‘Osorno’ - Early to mid-season variety (July). Vigorous, highly productive variety that is popular with commercial growers. Medium-sized, light blue fruit with good flavour and firmness. Very heat tolerant.

Blueberry ‘Draper’ – Mid to late season (late July to mid-August). Another popular commercial variety. Very large, medium-blue, firm fruit with a longer shelf life. Upright, branching growth. Good winter hardiness and late to flower, so buds are less susceptible to frost damage.

For the moment they are living in the Potting Shed Until I can pot them on and the cold snap tomorrow morning is done

SFG Bed weeded by Emma so I can remove the Mels Mix, raise the bed frame higher and infill the bottom with hedge and tree cuttings plus weathered woodchip before replacing the Mels Mix on top of the raised bed. 

1st Early and 2nd Early Spuds in square flower buckets along the Boundary Bed

Bindweed Before the Emma attack 

Walking Onion Bed and Sapling Apple Tree cleared of Bindweed by Emma. I had treated the bindweed on the cantilevered bean support a few days ago so we are waiting to see how effective that's going to be. 

Grapevine after the bindweed was removed

What was the decimated Board Beans bed, now holds the excess Red Baron Sets.