It's still a root day until 1pm, so I'll go out to the big tunnel to sow more carrots. We're sowing them indoors to offset the danger of carrot fly. Outdoor carrots can be effectively protected by surrounding the carrot bed with a barrier such a plastic curtain or fine mesh to a height of 3 feet. Carrot fly don't fly higher. The other thing to do is remember to remove any carroty detritus when you're thinning because it's the carrot smell that brings the beasties to investigate.
Today might be the day to do something with those fartichokes. I'll go into the old hen run where they grow and make a few exploratory digs.
Elsewhere, we're removing the old growth from the forest of evening primrose that has colonised our back garden. The seeds provide tasty snacks for goldfinches in winter, but they cast them all around when they're feeding. At least the old plants are easily pulled up.
Goldfinch on the evening primrose winter before last.
One of a flock of more than fifty.
In the end, no jerusalems were investigated. After lunch it was a flower day so accordingly, we attended to flowery things. Tricia was in the potting tunnel, she can say what she was up to. I was digging up the aforementioned evening primrose. The bed they lived in at the back of the house used to be a horseradish bed. Needless to say, it's still there! Still, the thongs I dug up will be re-potted for the market. Always good to have some fresh, strong horseradish about the place for those occasions when the sauce is called for. If I can find the recipe we use, I'll post it.
I also found a great many vine weevil grubs. I set them aside for Robin, who was notable by his absence while I was digging.
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