Plot update - a crime scene uncovered

We went up to the plot this weekend, for a last look before flying tomorrow morning. To our horror, we discovered bean theft! Not, I hasten to clarify, our original tp beans, which we all know and love. They are growing nicely.

However, I had planted them amidst a row of beans sown directly into the soil. On the advice of our plot neighbour, I then covered the tp beans with netting, to keep the birds at bay. Under the netting, the other beans are now germinating.

However, it appears that I was not careful enough. I had not covered the whole row properly and there are some pretty little holes, at the no-net end of the row, presumably where beans had germinated.

I wish I knew how to fiddle with this picture to put crime scene marks on! However, you may or may not be able to tell that there are 3 holes, just below the line of the string. Now the obvious culprits are the birds. However, Manda has an alternative theory, involving mice. Suffice it to say, someone else has had all the goodness from newly sprouted beans, but not us.

Learning from experience, however slowly, we have now covered the next plantings PROPERLY.

This contraption covers some spring cabbage and brocolli plants, put in yesterday. We're hoping they will still be there, after we return.

During this planting session, some of Colin's hard work was undone by some Mancunian lass with big feet stomping all over the beautifully dug earth. Manda, ever the dutiful partner, quickly grabbed a fork to make good the damage. Colin looked over, surprised and asked what was going on. Then we all realised that Manda had not had her picture on the blog - so here she is, hard at work!Notice Colin conversing with Millie, in the background.

She's probably asking him for treat, since both Colin and Manda are pretty generous to MsMillie!

Right now my lovelies, that's me blogged out for a while, so keep the place cosy for me, whilst we pop over the pond.

K xxx.