Taking it easy - yeah right

I was looking forward to a spell at the plot and I got 2.5 hours over there before I needed a break.  I dug over the patch right at the top on the left, next to the compost bin in the corner and nestled next to the broad beans which are continuing to flower nicely.  The mares tail is starting to come through and there were some nice fat roots in there.

For next weekend, I've uncovered the next patch to dig over having removed some carpet.  It looks nice and clear, apart from some bleached mares tail roots on the surface, though it is compacted.

I noticed some strawberry plants in what was the brassica bed last year, lost in among some keen weeds.  I was just going to hand-fork around them but decided to replant them in the bed I dug over 10 mins before.  Some of them look like there are about to start flowering so I gave them a feed and water.

The garlic looks good though there are some yellowing leaves.  I finally gave them a feed and water before snipping off a small number of slim broccoli shoots and going home for lunch.

Later this afternoon, I sowed the following:

• French beans (Cupidon)
• Mange tout (Golden Sweet)
• Pea (Meteor)
• Sweetcorn (Sativa Early)
• Calabrese (Waltham)
• Cabbage (Greyhound)
• Squash (Vegetable Spagetti)
• Squash (Patty Green Tint)
• Courgette (Black Beauty)

The Calabrese was a resowing as the previous lot got very leggy on the windowsill (lack of light I think).  On Wednesday, I also resowed some Brussels sprouts and red cabbage. The former had got leggy while the latter had failed to appear due to damping off.  I also translated the chilli seedlings into 10cm pots.

It feels like I am relatively early with my sowing but I need to look back at previous years.  

Fingers crossed I'll get some time next week to continue the digging.  I should also look at pinching the tops of the broad beans before the blackfly get any ideas.