May 2025

This diary is a summary of our garden activities. The links are to blog posts that often give more detail.

01 - 04 May

Planted more cauliflowers
Hawthorn flowering
Sowed lots of seeds
first potatoes are through

Bluebell wood

05 - 11 May

Potatoes hit by frost
Netted strawberries
Planted the rest of the broad beans
Planted dahlias
Planted turnips
Unwelcome visitor

Videos
Greenhouse tour
Frost damage

12 - 18 May

Sowed carrots
Sowed the second lot of peas
Planted more onion sets and red onion and shallot plants
Frosted potatoes recovered
Visited Clumber Park
Potted gifted epiphylums
Theyโ€™ve made a comeback

Videos
Goslings galore
Sowing peas
Comparing our allotment with the Clumber Park walled garden

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19 - 25 May

Sowed pr germinated parsnips
Erected bean poles
Planted beetroot
Potatoes frosted again
Planted tomatoes
Nostell cygnets hatched
Visited Hardwick Hall

Videos
Cygnets hatched
Crop protection
More frost damage

26 - 31 May