Good Day Down Lotty - Erected An Arch Too!

Today was a barmy + 6 degrees, not bad since last weekend loads of places broke overnight record lows (minus 7 to 9 was common).

The temps have not caused too much of an issue for my seedlings - had a look in the greenhouse to find the following have sprouted:

• Perpetual Spinach
• Beetroot
• Cabbage
• Kale

Arch Erection

Sounds rude - but this was a gift from my parents - am using it to grow beans (Runners & Berlotti), should look lovely.

New Paths

Decided to revamp the paths and bed borders. I made the main path a bit thinner and took the extra bricks to make 1-brick width paths to separate the beds. This should make getting about the plot much easier and less muddy.

With the top bed, I made a new middle path ad erected the arch to mark the new entrance.

Planted Globe Artichokes & Flowers

I finally planted the globe artichoke 'bulbs' - put them either side of the arch, to make a nice feature. Also, put one more at the end of a middle bed. The flowers were planted mid access path to break up the look. Have planted Lupins and Delphiniums.

More Poo & Compost

Went out on a spending spree and bought 3 x 75 litre bags of compost and 4 x 25 litre bags of rotted horse poo. Oh and some organic slug pellets.

More Tomatoes

Sowed some more varieties of tomatoes:

• Striped Tomato
• Cherry Type
• Pomorodo
• Tamina