Things are growing at last this year

There are potatoes, onions, strawberries, beans, peas and cabbages, all beginning to grow at last on our allotment plot.

After a slow start to the season, finally things are improving. I have five raised beds full of potatoes and the big bed at the top of the picture on the right with all the onions in. With any luck these will keep us going until the spring!

It's all go at this time of the year, these onions already need to be weeded, again.

The broad beans don't look much at the moment, but they will soon fill out. One or two have flowers on already, so that looks promising.  I generally stake each plant, as I find just a few canes and string around the rows never works on our plot.  This time two years ago we had already been eating our beans, but not for the last couple of years. Will the weather every get back to what it was like when we took on this allotment six years ago?

These potatoes have come through now, they have been in over a month. More updated photos to follow.  The strawberries in the centre of this photo are all in flower now, so with any luck, we won't be long before we are eating our own fruit.  If last year is anything to go by we could be in for another bumper crop.  At lease something is growing well.

I want to plant my sweetcorn, leeks, spinach and celeriac just as soon as the rain stops and have a general tidy up on the plots.   It's amazing how quickly the rubbish piles up.