How much woodchip does a woodchipper chip?

This week has seen me land on my feet, some very kind person donated a huge pile of wood chip to the Allotment association and I've put some to good use marking out paths.

On the veggie front the cabbages continue to grow well under their wire frames and are becoming healthy young plants. I hope that i can keep the cabbage fly off long enough to actually get something this year. I've also decided to chance my arm by planting my f2 runners, french climbing, and sweetcorn varieties into their final plot positions. Time will tell if I've been too hasty but I'm confident that their cloches and fleece blankets will see them through tonight's low temperatures.

Whilst we're on tender veg this week saw me plant a small portion of my experimental TPS potatoes, the initial signs are good and they are continuing to thrive. I'm confident that I'll get tubers from them and i hope that they'll be as tasty as last years TPS crop.


Life inside the tunnel is continuing to thrive with all the tomatoes having established well. At least 8 out of 15 plants are starting to flower and the pinchings are growing as fast as i can pick and pot them. At this rate i expect I'll have hundreds of spare young plants to sell at the allotment open day on August the 1st.

Not content with a tomato glut the first of my telegraph cucumbers has also made it into the ground, it'll be interesting to see how it takes to its new environment, here's hoping that i can find room for the other 5 varieties.

The only concerning thing at the moment is the fragility of my Chili plants, none of them have bulked up after being transplanted and I'm a little concerned that they may be sulking about the move. Here's hoping that they pick themselves up before i get too impatient and they find themselves being replaced by some scotch bonnets which are awaiting their final positions.

Lastly I've received some news that the latest addition to the family is a little nearer to joining us......no I'm not going to be a dad, instead I'll be the benefactor to this little chap.