Courgette plant victory

A minor victory but I managed to get one courgette plant past the slug menace and now seems to be doing well.  I didn't take a photo because I sometimes think the slugs are teasing me and as soon as they see me taking a proud photo they'll creep out and completely demolish it.

Strimmer needed - petrol preferred.

. . . The Stihl FS40, when you have to strim every blade of grass on the allotment, accept no substitute.  (Slightly modified words from the Samuel L Jackson lines in 'Jackie Brown')

Second Pea Protector is up

The second pea protector module is up and running.  I'm determined to get some peas this year and the young plants look super-cozy behind a wire fence.

The scare-crow keeps most of the birds away obviously but, the fence keeps the braver pigeons out.

Baby leeks

Coming along nicely but still miles away from actually getting in the ground.  I might thin them out a bit and transplant some more into individual pots.  Supposed to be 'pencil-thin', mine are more like 'pencil-lead-thin'.  

All from seed though so that's probably a good thing . . . 

Pea protection

Next door neighbour, Everton, was laughing at my pathetic attempt at guarding my peas last year and, of course, the pigeons ate the lot!

This year I'm taking no prisoners and am determined to get a few peas.  Here's my pat pending chicken wire guard.  Peas are just starting to show after starting off in the greenhouse.

Tomatoes are in their grow bags

Finally got some tomatoes in their actual growing place.  All from seed of course, and I have been looking longingly at the plants for sale in the garden centreswaiting . . .

Anyway I think it's worth the wait and the seed thing is amazingly cool even if you do end up with more plants than you actually need! I'm just going to pant them in everything I can.

Check out the marigolds keeping guard - they "keep bad stuff away" apparently!