Sacrificial Thistle

Say that after a few bevies!

Finally planted the Christmas potatoes today. I selected the biggest of the shoots and picked off the rest. This is to give the healthiest offshoot the best possible chance... quite different to the welfare state. I dug the trench and created the furrows. This was my first attempt at sowing and it showed. The greenhouse resembled an archaeological dig by the time i'd finished with it. 10 spuds in one row. Just managed to fit them in with the required distance between each one.

Tidied the weeds a little around the strawberry patch and the end by the far door. Just as I was about to dig up the thistles, I noticed they were covered in black-fly. I quickly checked all the crops and they appeared to be free of these pests. Either this is because they are pest resistant varieties - OR - the aphids prefered the thistle. Either way, I decided to leave the thistle because if they are happy munching the weeds, that means they are not on my crops. I'll keep a close eye just in case they decide to multiply and have a change of diet.

Knocked down bar in annexe today. 15 barrow loads of bricks and mortar over to the end of the garden I'm clearing. A mere drop in the ocean to the amount of stuff that will need to be cleared from there so not bothered. Once it's been scraped into a pile and I've salvaged what I need, I'll either arrange for a skip road contact the farm down the road who are always looking for clean hardcore. I wonder what dirty hardcore is.