Spring arrived in a flurry this weekend, warm weather and a burst of energy from everything. Flowers bloomed, visitors arrived and we planted vegetables. This weekend we needed to get in the 50 asparagus plants bought us by some dear friends. James dug two 15 metre trenches in our beautiful soil, which we have been culturing for the last 12 months from mulching and covering to the digging and rotavating. The instructions were specific, the one year old crowns had to be 10cm below the surface, any more they could rot in the damp, any less and they could be killed by frost. It was a serious undertaking and Lyndsey’s dad and little brother got stuck in! Each plant was soaked then gently laid out in the trench, the root ball teased out to sit flat, then buried with excitement at the thought of the asparagus parties to come.

We also had 100 potatoes to plant these included Lady Charlotte, Kestrel, Pink Fir Apple, Nadine, Desiree and then some others.. however we mislaid the names!  That’s 40 metres of potato plants!