May 2004
This diary is a summary of our garden activities. The links are to blog posts that often give more detail.
01 - 05 May
Visited Thorpe Perrow Arboretum
Mulched strawberries
Sowed parsnip seedlings
Furst potatoes are through
May 2024 Sowing & Planting
06 - 12 May
Sowed more peas and carrots
{lanted dahlias
First peas are through
All potatoes are through
Cygnets have hatched at Nostell
Rhododendrons and azaleas providing a display at Temple Newsam
Carrots, peas and T shirts
13 - 19 May
Planted out tomatoes in garden and garden greenhouse
Prepared plot greenhouse for tomatoes
Sowed annual flower bed
Watering again as the weather turned dry and sunny
Four cygnets have survived
Electric fences up at Nostell
20 - 26 May
Harvested first rhubarb
Carrots have germinated
Planted squash
Parsnip are through
Plot greenhouse tomatoes planted
SEcond lot of sweet peas and morning glory planted
Strawberries covered with net.
27 - 31 May
Sowed more peas – first lot devastated by pigeons
PLanted leeks climbing beans, squash and courgettes
Picked some disappointing garlic
Picked sweet peas and sweet Williams
Harvested first strawberries
Video
Pea damage