Updates and Aconites...

Just a quick update this week.

New plot (now known as Plot 'S') is doing well- nearly half way dug and couch grass removed. Managed to acquire three pallets this morning which will help towards building the compost heaps. Met a nice chap whilst working 'plot S' named Lee and he kindly said we could have 8 or so paving slabs off his plot- that's one path sorted!
Went and picked up the seed potatoes we had ordered from the guild trading shed. £2.90 for 2.5kg isn't a bad deal and they come in posh nets which close tight with toggles so these will be reused later in the season to store shallots or onions- or even gladioli corms to think of it! Picked up a couple of bags of red sun shallots for 90p a bag which cant be bad. I shall plant these straight into the plot later this month.
We now have 12.5kg of spuds to plant- not looking forward to having to dig all those up at the end of the summer! We've got Lady Christl; Wilja; Charlotte; King Edward and Picasso. All are now set up to chit in seed trays and egg trays.
Went over to the other plots to check everything was ok after all the winds we've had and found three clumps of lovely winter aconites which I thought had died. Winter aconites (Eranthus) are beautiful little plants that gets every gardener thinking of spring. When we do get the sun to come out the flowers are wide open and shine brilliantly like giant buttercups!....