An unproductive week :)

April 24^th

Last week was quite an unproductive week; Bad weather & my birthday on the 22^nd gave way to not a lot being done at all.

However this weekend has been quite productive, with Plot 1 being finished and all 5 beds have been made and soil made ready for planting into.

This being said I still have to get the ground fabric & watering system (Drip Irrigation) set-up and working.

My Tomatoes needed thinning out and I have potted them on into bigger pots now they are bigger giving them more room and getting them set-up for main planting in the next few weeks.

Most of the Tomatoes will live in the greenhouse but id like to try some outside as well this year just to see the results.

My Lettuce is doing well and has started to sprout up, It wont be long before these will be potted on & being put into Plot 1.

I was having a look around our local Lidl and found the Drip Irrigation system, its like a “leaky” hose that just sits on the soil to water plants.

I had been looking for this for some time and finally found it !! None of the local DIY stores had it and the only place that did was a local garden centre and was looking for €39 for 15m of it, I paid €8 per 15m roll and picked up 2 rolls while it was there.

Here is a look at the rolls & a 4 way splitter for the watering system,

I also picked up a small polly tunnel for one of the beds maybe for the Lettuce not sure yet.

So today’s job is to plant the first wave of the beetroot seeds into a propagator and get them started.