Wow! a few days ago the asparagus bed was looking neat and tidy, the winter mulch of well rotted leaves covering the slight hump in the ground that indicated the asparagus was there.
Then a couple of warm days followed by another of rain and up come the beautiful spears.
A tasty addition to the evening meal and more to come for the next 6-8 weeks.
After that the spears should be allowed to grow into tall billowing fronds feeding the roots ready for next years harvest.
In February we had about 80 mm rain (compared with only 10 mm in February 2023).
This March about 50mm rain (roughly the same as in 2023).
But the ground is so wet, occasionally a dry day so we can just manage to give the grass its first high cut, before the rain come again.
This wet clay soil is very hard to weed without removing great clods of soil with the weed and getting gloved fingers clogged with wet clay. So the weeds are flourishing!
The soil is too cold and wet to plant out new but established plants are doing well.
The herbaceous perennials are appearing though the soil and everything is greening up, a sure sign of spring.
Anemone blanda in the "wild " area of the lawn is lovely with various shades of blue from almost white to deep blue. These are now joined by the cow slips, Snakes head fritillary and green stalks of the Camissia, which will come into flower later in May.
Other splashes of colour are appearing daily
We have been growing squash for many years and love cooking with them, especially the butternut type which have a lovely flavour. The proble...
