We have more or less caught up with what we should have done by the beginning of June. Today we weeded the early potatoes, fed them with comfrey tea, earthed up the main crop and finally got around to planting a row of beetroot (Boltardy).
Some of the chitted sweetcorn seed we planted earlier in the week has come up already. Once it is established we can plant out courgettes and marrows between the plants and maybe add some climbing beans if the corn looks like it is is going to be tall. This is the 'Three Sisters' planting, a native American growing method. The principle is that the corn provides support for the beans, the marrows and courgettes shade the soil and suppress weeds and the beans fix nitrogen which benefits the sweetcorn.
There are plenty of broad beans now so harvested the biggest ones from the bottom of the plants. Also picked some spring cabbage leaves, some green garlic, an early onion and a few strawberries, redcurrants and blackcurrants.
