Asparagus Beds ~9th July 2015

ALLOTMENT 
 We had a lot of glorious rain yesterday.  The allotment was looking beautifully soaking wet and happily healthy when I arrived. I did not have to water anything at all and I was able to get straight down to work. 

Asparagus Fern

 My main job of the day was to concentrate on my Asparagus beds. 
(1) A total clear up and removal of the weeds. 
(2) Harvest the wonderful onion crop that I have cultivated as a catch crop. 
(3) Stake up the ferns with bamboo canes to give them some support from the ever fierce Norfolk winds. 

 When I finally finish those jobs I will feed the very healthy looking Asparagus plants with a sprinkling of Growmore along the sides of the beds to encourage some growth in the roots for next years crop. 
 We have had the best year ever for Asparagus,  I love the flavour of the fresh spears dipped in a garlic sauce prepared by Margaret using some of our home-grown garlic.

Hollyhocks

 I trimmed back these beautiful Hollyhocks I grew from seed two years ago. They are growing wonderfully well tall and strong. A good cover and camouflage to hide my compost bins.


I picked a few more Loganberries, this has been another marvellous year for fruit. We still have the Blackberries and Raspberries to come.