12th May 2019 - Last frost day tomorrow

13th May is the last frost date for my area, so I took a risk and cleared my polytunnel of the plants that I had been keeping inside.  I mulched the bed with compost and now I need to decide what to plant in it.  I have the tomatoes, aubergine and cucumber in pots at the moment.  

I want to plant the olive tree into 86 so I'll keep that in a pot for now (I'll need to check that it's ok in the allotment rules), but hopefully I'll be able to plant it, if not in the ground then a big pot.

I left the door of the polytunnel open tonight, I will go up to the plot at some point tomorrow to check on the temperature overnight but I'm hoping it will be ok to leave open now because having it closed means that the plants are getting a bit baked on the hotter days (it was nearly 40oC in there today!)

I got the first of my bedding plants done and planted in the hanging baskets.  I've still got more and I need to decide where to put them.  I'm thinking of hanging one of them from the shed, to the left of the window.  I will need to make sure that I have a strut to fasten the hanger from because it will be too heavy for the wall.  If I can't position that properly I will need to work out how to fasten a piece of wood on the inside of the shed.

The only other thing I did on the plot this weekend was plant out more peas.  I still have loads in the polytunnel and I need to decide what I'm going to do with them because I want to be able to have plenty to harvest.  

The last thing I did this weekend was enter the allotment competition.  I nearly didn't do it this time but I really do like it and I was hoping it would give me the kick I need to finish clearing the paths and doing the little jobs to tidy everything up.  I've also entered the 'best shed' competition!  I love my shed and I think the whole area with the pond and arbour really makes it a beautiful area and so relaxing.  There is some additional work to be done around the wild area to tidy it because it has become a little too wild!

It's coming to the time of year where there are allotment competitions and vegetable shows around the country.  I'd love to hear about what you're entering and how you get on.

Until next time...
Happy Gardening x