Today was time to sow the endive and cima di rape again, since midsummer is past and the danger of them bolting should have gone with it. I dug up the garlic to make room for them; I grew a softneck variety this year and some of the stems had indeed rotted off at the neck, with the result that the skin had not formed properly around the bulb. I now have a jar of garlic and olive oil puree in the fridge, since the bulbs looked edible (and taste marvellous) but didn't look like they would store well.
Another row of first early potatoes came up - the Arran Pilot this time, a white potato, which I'm looking forward to trying. The rocket has finally started to show some vigour, the chervil is doing well, and I came home with a few broad beans from the Sciabola Verde. I put in more rocket and chervil seeds, although I think I'll have to save some of the chervil seed for next year - the packet had 800 seeds.
The salsola has come up in a couple of places, which is very exciting, although there is very little for the amount of seed sown. Also putting in an appearance are a few flowers from the summer flowering bulbs - I've forgotten what they are, but the colour is welcome. A row of cornflowers is also about to start to bloom. The French beans are well and truly up, although I'm not sure if the climbing ones have germinated - nothing is shinning up the poles as yet. No sign of the love-in-a-mist I sowed, but the weeds are really fighting back along the back edge of the plot, and may have choked it.
Finished up by hoeing and watering, and wondering why it is that I can't seem to buy a hose.
Sunday, 3 July 2011
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