The sweet corn has been out in the allotment for about 2 weeks now but the wind and rain were playing havoc with it. There are squash interplanted at the edges, a sort of ‘two sister’ arrangement. I made a barrier with a roll of bubble wrap I had at home to give it some shelter, it seems to be working but the unseasonaly cold weather has slowed up growth all over the plot. Some seedlings barely showed over ground and have showed little sign of growing upwards for the time being.

The first and second earlies earthed up. There are 2 drills of Orla, 4 of Colleen,2 of Charlotte, 1 Home guard seed and one of volunteers.The drills had to be straightened as some of them grew out from the side of the drills.

The brassica bed is on the new plot which we took on this year, Brussel Sprouts and summer cabbage are under the netting to protect from the pigeons and crows. I was on the plot one night about 8.30 pm on my own and it was like something from the Albert Hitchcock film ‘The Birds’!  The other plotters had left and I was tidying up before leaving and all these birds just came down and lined up on the fences around me just waiting for me to leave to get stuck in!