Moving on up...

As promised i've been able to get down the plots and take some snaps of how certain things are doing.
Today i turned the collars round on the leeks so they now have 18" collars on as opposed to 15". I still havent got round to erected a proper support system to support the weight of the flags so i've just quickly put up a temporary measure. However, i am determined to get the proper thing set up at the end of this season!

Pendle Improved. This one was slightly bent but with a bit of gentle manipulation it will straigten up.

This year i've opted to grow a little less for showing and more for the kitchen so the one side of the tunnel i have planted peppers and yellow tomatoes.

All xanths are now secured to two breaks. All tied up, all thats left to do is to pinch out any sideshoots as and when they appear. The end of next month we should see some colour in the buds and this is when the covers go on.

Everybody keeps saying how bad this year is and things are moving much. True as this is for me with things like beans and sweetcorn; my brassicas really are loving all this wet cool weather. Inside the brassica cage theres kale, cabbage, sprouts and lots more.

One of the early 'Bosworth' sprouts destined for a september show.

The brigadier cabbage is doing well. These were planted 3ft apart and have already grown together.

'Autoro' red cabbage- the first time i've grown this variety which i've read is supposed to be one of the best for the showbench.

As you can see the long carrots are putting lots of growth on up top....

....and they dont look too bad down below. Notice how i've drawn the soil around the top of the carrot to prevent any greening of the shoulders should they become exposed.

My newly erected cover over the new celery bed. This is to provide some shade on the odd sunny day that we may encounter.

And this is what its covering...

Parsnip 'Pinnacle' looks promising. The only thing they'll get now is the odd foliar feed of maxicrop.

Onions in the polyhouse. All those planted in the bed are from David Metcalfe.

This is one of peter glazebrooks onions. This is probably the biggest one. Not bad considering they've had no special treatment.

Davids onions.

Cedrico toms are now at the top of the greenhouse so i shall now train them up the eaves of the house to get an extra two or three trusses.

And last but not least each year i like to try something new and this year it is exhibition broad beans. These are giant exhibition sown back in march/april. They are growing up 5ft canes and are about 12" from the top now and are loaded with flowers. Touch wood there is no sign of blackfly yet but i shall be giving them a spray this week as prevention is always better than cure!

Now thats your lot for this post so clear off!