Easter Monday and a showery, cold afternoon.  The morning was much better, but (sod's law) we spent it shopping in Gort.  Still, we have to eat.

Work on the fruit cage continues.  When dinner stopped play this evening, it looked like some sort of henge.  The top rail is on, fixed by dowelling.  All that remains before the door can be fixed and the netting goes on, is for the corners to receive a couple of fastenings.

Fruit cage - work progresses

Over the last few days, while I've been busy with posts and timber, Tricia has been potting-on various flowers.  I hope to add some photos of these soon.  For the record, she's been pricking out the following and possibly more:

• Antirrhinums
• 10 Week Stock
• Coreopsis
• Calendula
• Cosmos
• Agastache

In the tunnels, things are moving on apace.

The Red Pak Choi is shaping up nicely and will sell well on Friday.  Mental note: sow more next leaf day.  The sweet peas continue their ascent unabated and this years grapes are all incipience.

Red Pak Choi

The March of the Sweet Peas

Baby Bunch of Grapes

Yesterday saw the re-opening of Kinvara Farmers' Market.  In the lead-up to this, no activity on the blog.

The intended list of plants to be sold at the market never materialised.  That was one of the reasons for starting the blog in the first place.  Doh!

It was a good start to the trading season.  Pots of anemone and tulips sold out, Rau Ram was popular, all bunches of fresh mint went and there was reasonable interest in raspberry canes and willow slips.  The horseradish was the surprise hit of the day.

Today is starting off sunny, so I'll go outside and begin watering where necessary in the tunnels.  Later, the plan is to dig over a plot in the back garden for planting peas into.  They're ready to be planted out!

 More later...I'm out the gap!