So in went eight cauliflowers, about thirteen Rainbow Chard plants and a row of peas which may, or may not, come to anything. It might just be too late to hope for peas to develop but I've not grown them before and just want to see how they get on in our veggie patch?
A little black kitten came to see what I was doing and absolutely insisted on helping me....so eventually I had to shoo her away for she was treading on the plants; must plant some Nepeta for her to tread on, instead of the cabbages!
By the time my netting was in place, the sun was coming out and so too the cabbage whites, in great abundance but, although they hovered and fluttered about, trying to lay their eggs, I felt they were not successful, and puzzled by the fact they kept becoming attached to the protection I'd just fixed.
The netting was at first rather low down on the plants, because this is my first experience with it and I was not sure how it should go, but then realising how easily the butterflies could attach their eggs to my baby leaves, I eased the netting up by moving the sticks and bricks holding the edges down, thus giving more headroom to my developing plants. I've been watering madly and washing down with a solution of soapy water, to help stop insect attack, and keeping my fingers tightly crossed for a harvest of sorts. I've been told not to hope for too much, as my planting is rather late in the season and because of all the insects about this year but, here's hoping anyway, and we've got to eat too!!!
Then I planted lovage and parsley, angelica, marjoram, rosemary and two kinds of sage in two new beds, freshly dug over today.
A little pruning and tidying-up completed my day with more watering's and washings throughout, plus a late evening watering after dinner.
And tomorrow.... let's see?
Bye for now
Daisy
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| My well-watered veggie patch - and not a kitten in sight! |
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