Leeks at last!

Finally I've finished mulching the leeks!

Little by little..

Bit by bit I'm getting the leeks mulched. Oh, to be a well man :-)

Leek matters

About time I mulched them!

Likely Leeks

The leek bed during hand-weeding. A pleasure to do!

Transplanting the leeks. They'd shot up in my absence!

The leeks showed up after watering.

Sowed 2 rows of leek 'Musselburgh'.

# 2447# 2446The last of the leeks.

# 2407

# 2385The first of this year's leeks are almost ready for lifting!

# 2316After weeding and mulching.

# 2262The newly-mulched leeks.

# 2194# 2193Both sets of leeks I transplanted on the 29.06.10 seem to have settled in okay.

Total Allotment Time: 1 & 3/4hrs.
Principle Tasks: Transplanting leeks. Picking sugar-snap peas. Digging carrots. Harvesting from one and removing another 'Tondo' marrow.

# 2121# 2120# 2119I was pleased with how the leeks looked on transplanting.

# 1929How they looked after thinning.

# 1851From same seed packet as 31/03/10.

Notes From Home 31/03/10 (2)

# 1782# 1781
Sowed 3 marrow 'Tondo' into individual 9cm pots (Self-saved seeds (+2 years old)).
Sowed 3 11cm pots (3 seeds per) of unnamed sweet peas (Self-saved seeds (+3 years old)).
Sowed 1 small tray of leek 'Musselburgh'.

Notes From Home 02/04/09

Pricked out 5 spinach 'Medania' (Sown 20.03.09) into assorted 7.5cm plastic half-pots.
Pricked out 4 leek 'Musselburgh' (Sown 13.03.09) into assorted 7.5cm plastic half-pots.
Sowed 15 dwarf french bean 'Tendergreen' into assorted pots.

Notes From Home 13/03/09

Sowed 1 small tray of leek 'Musselburgh' (Saved seed).