Bank Holiday weekend

It's a Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK. And by tradition that means, rain, grey skies and dreary weather. Well it seems the weather didn't get the memo because today was a scorcher and tomorrow and Monday are set for even hotter.

The first Saturday in May is the World Naked Gardening Day (NSFW link). Well thats not happening at the allotment because when we arrived the place was packed. Seems the good weather has brought everybody out of hiding for the long weekend and there was a lot of activity there today.

No exception on our plot. The plants are beginning to take over the greenhouse (again) which means that we have to start potting on some of the seedlings. First on the list is the stupidly large amount of Ailsa Craig Tomatoes.

(This isn't all of them)

They're only dinky little things at present but the seed tray they were in was getting rather crowded. Talking of crowded, the Edamame (Soya Beans) have done well and are getting crowded in their toilet tubes.

So they're getting planted in an outside bed.

The Wife has also been potting on her Cape Gooseberries.

It seems we have an almost never ending supply of those.

Now here's an oddity of previous potting on. A couple of weeks ago, I potted on some Pak Choi. Now these are from the same seed tray, planted in the same compost and watered equally. The only difference being that one tray was placed closer to the greenhouse windows than the other. Look at the difference between them.

Any thoughts on why that should occur?

Anyway, it's given us a little more space in the main greenhouse. But not by much.

Tomorrow I'll be potting on all the sweet corns that we have. But for tonight we're going to beat a hasty retreat before we fry. Tomorrow we'll be at the plot at "what on earth time do you call that" (ie. about 6am) ready to get a load of work done before the heat kicks in. Then I have to go shopping for Ginger because we got the first rhubarb of the season.

Rhubarb and Ginger Jam time again. Allotmenteering is fun.