A Hard Day's Work...

Lots of planting went on in the vegetable garden today.

The onions, the shallots and the garlic went in in neat rows (very Heligan even down to the labels). I had grown all of them in modules and hardened them off so that they are now healthy little plants. As were the peas and broad beans. They were planted over a trench enriched with home-made compost and wet shredded newspaper. We haven't had much rain recently. The dryness and dust-like quality of the soil is a concern as a lack of water at this point may lead to a check in the growth and possible bolting.

I also sowed the first of our outdoor salads, mizuna, rocket  and radishes.

As ever I have grown too much - plenty to give away to friends and neighbours.

 It doesn't look like much at the moment but with some tender, loving, care and a bit of luck we are looking forward to plentiful crops this year.

 What better way to relax this evening than to curl up with a glass of wine, a husband and Monty Don's visits to Italian Renaissance gardens in his new series on BBC 2.