No pics coz I don't think they would do it justice anyway.
This afternoon while the chooks were out, one of them was scratching around in one of the potato patches quite vigorously. So I went and shooed her off since she was right in at the plant and potatoes are poisonous for chickens (well, the skins are anyway, so assuming that the greenery is too?) and didn't want to risk her tearing my plant out. Well, what do you know, she'd uncovered a little spud about 3cm long. Amazing. I was really surprised to see one that big already (considering that was about the size of some of end of seasons potatoes last year!). So things are definitely looking promising. Just need to resist raiding the patches. And keep up my momentum on mounding up the plants.
I noticed over the weekend too that my courgette plant is looking lovely and strong. The first one I planted disappeared, but the replacement plant is thriving and has it's first flower. Very cool.
Sadly, the plum tree looks bare of fruit. The few plums that were there seem to have disappeared. It's an inbetween year, but I thought we'd still get something...
With the weather warming up I'm going to look at putting mulch around the plants to retain moisture. So far I only had some grass clippings available, so the beetroot got that lot - I'm hoping the roots fatten up before the plant bolts - they've been in since the beginning of winter and I'm not sure what's going on with them. Will see what else I can scrape together for other areas.
Should probably get a few more seeds going too. Still plenty of gaps down there to be filled... ;)
3 comments:
Those busy little chooks can find the minutest of treasures with their pesky little toes.
I had a lily that I had to dig up and move to a pot to keep mine from killing it! Why they want to get right under plants to dig a bath instead of using the prepared space for dust baths...only a chick would know.
Wow, cool. What has made the difference in potatoes this year do you think?
Nancy, haha, yeah only they know.
Johanna, I couldn't really be sure. Warmer weather? More rain? Maybe the seaweed powder and woodash sprinkled over? Sandier soil up where this potato plant was? Last years plots were beside/under large trees (one under the grapefruit and the other under the pear) so competition? Not too sure...maybe next year will help me deside lol.
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