I did a mow on 2 this morning, pretty easily. Next job will be strimming the long edges and seeing if I can catch it fast enough to do a mow on 1 if at all possible.

JG had some seed potatoes out for anyone to take, so I picked up 6 Cara as they looked nice and healthy. They’re a late main crop and floury, the same as King Edwards.

With only 6 sweetcorn seedlings at home, I had room for 2 King Edwards from home in Bed 11. I dug out a row of parsnips from Bed 7 (some small, some big) and that made room for the 6 Cara. I buried the potatoes about a trowel’s depth down, covered them and then added a thick layer of straw on top and watered it down. It’s a hybrid of ordinary planting and the no dig method, so we’ll see how it goes.

Flowers are meant to go in the other half of Bed 7, so more parsnips will have to come up in a while. A bunch of poppy seedlings are growing among them, so I’ll try and keep those.

The first carrot and beetroot are up, so something’s going as it should. At home, none of the sweet peas or runner beans have come up and survived, which is insane.

A great tit was busy on the feeder at one point, making a hell of a mess, chucking out lots of seed. At least I know that the ground feeders will clear it up when I’m not around.

The bee hotel has been very busy with bees flying around it, but not taking much action. I put back the dowels that I’d saved from the woodpecker’s attack, which filled it up much better.

I finally rescued the little fuchsia and put it in a pot to take home. Slugs had been over meanwhile though, so now it has no leaves again.