A new month, not quite summer and here in Norfolk, it’s cold. However, crops are growing, some slower than others.

Pink Fir Apple potatoes, planted on 4th May, are looking good.

While we have broad beans pictured on 30th May growing in a polytunnel, we also have outdoor, succession plants.

Squash raised at home by a crop parent, are now in their final growing positions.

Gooseberry cuttings are forming good new plants, while older gooseberry bushes and other soft fruits are in flower and fruiting.

Garlic is developing well, as are onions but constant weeding is essential.

Biomass has been strimmed and is raked before seeds set, then layered into a “Fill me” bin. So a “before” photo of a full bin, to go with an “after” photo from 9th February which showed the lovely quality compost being produced.