and the start of a forecasted few days of “sunshine”.

So the sweet peas were planted outside, under cane wigwams which were then protected for a couple of weeks with fleece to hamper unwanted nibbling – evident in the missing tops of many of the onion shoots.

The outdoor sown broad beans are really catching up with those grown in a polytunnel, all being in flower.

Home started cucumber plants look healthy and await planting in a polytunnel.

And among the many springtime jobs, posts were erected for the climbing beans’ framework.