One Down?

# 1147.10I've a bad feeling that I've lost one of the asparagus (or should that be asparagi?) Only one of the two crowns nearest the globe artichoke at the top of the picture has so far put up a spear. Are they incompatible, or is it only that the artichoke is taking up more moisture from the soil?

# 1147.09The 'Epicure' potatoes are all looking good though. My finger's are crossed that frosty mornings are behind us.

# 1147.08How the 'slope end' of the wildlife pond appears now I've decided to go for it (Notice the new label below).

# 1147.07The seedlings I brought up from home today. Clockwise from top left: 7 Spinach 'Medania', 3 Carrot 'Parmex', and 5 Lettuce 'Ice King'.

# 1147.06The 'Sturon' onions in veg bed 01 seem to be doing okay.

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Garden Hibernacula

Whilst looking through the RPSB's Homes for Wildlife site (See yesterday's post) I found this excellent page on how to build a refuge for reptiles (Known in the singular as a hibernaculum - Jimmy was first to put me on to them I remember):

Building a hibernaculum

As I'm soon* going to be starting on clearing the old compost heap (it's where I'm hoping to put my shed - an allotment's not an allotment without one! :) ) I'm determined to create my own purpose-built five-star abode for all the lizards I'm regrettably going to be making homeless by doing so. I've already put aside a suitable spot (next to the rhubarb at the bottom end of the border L-bed) and will make building it my next priority after finishing the bed construction

* knowing me 'soon' will be in several months time (but long before the reptiles think about going into brumation again - a term Jimmy should be impressed by my using) :)