Another over due update

I so need to get better at writing updates. We have been super busy. 

Last time I updated the plot looked like this:

and now it looks like this:

So as you can see we have got a lot done. We now have plants in the ground growing. But more important than that, is before the plants went in we rotavated all the beds. We always said that before we got seriously planting that we wanted the ground fully prepared and so hiring a some heavy machinery made it so much faster, and this means that this year we will be getting a good haul of crops. 

Here is some pics of our rotivating day. 

 Billy rotivating

One of the beds before 

And the same bed after, see how much better it is :D 

And here is the whole plot once we finished. 

And then came the hilarity of getting a rather large rotivator into a fiesta and then out again at the other end. 

Bill was rather chuffed with this.

We also, as mentioned before, planted lots of seeds in the potting shed. Some of the seedlings have been planed out onto the plot and more is waiting for slightly warmer weather. But if we are talking about plants check some of these out:

 Broccoli? I think

 A radish, all ready to go to the kitchen.

Check out the root system on these beans. 

But there is more! We now have another plot! 

As you can see Billy is very excited. 

We plan to treat this plot much like we did the first, in that this first year we are going to focus on preparing the ground and not really planting much. That said we have set our selves some planting targets. We want to plant some potatoes in September for a harvest of xmas new potatoes. We also want to plant some broad beans in early November. 

Both of these give us a target of when we want the first beds dig, but also the crops should help break up the soil ready for next year when we will be planting on that plot in earnest. 

The other thing I have been doing is planing, lots of planning. I now have a set of spread sheets, one for each bed. We have been using them to know when to sow stuff. I am also converting it into a month by month calendar to keep us on track. 

But that is enough of an update, I will try my best to not leave it so long next time. 

Here is a few more pictures of what we have done in no particular order: