12 June 2007 Warm and sunny 26c.
About half the broad beans are covered in blackfly. I have pinched out the tips(read this somewhere) and will spray with soft soap tomorrow, hopefully they will be OK. I think black ants are farming the aphids, as there were a few knocking about the stems. Must find the nest and pour some boiling water down it. This means I'll have to take the Trangia stove down to boil water- hurrah, tea!!
After digging the bed over again, planted put 8 cabbages plants I grew from seed at home. Put homemade collars around them to try and stop cabbage root fly. I've also netted them with a bit of a Heath-Robinson net tunnel using stuff I had - hopefully this will keep pigeons off, as others have had there cabbages knackered by them in times of yore.
It's not rained for ages so spent about 45 mins watering, it will of course rain tomorrow.
The turnips are coming through, no sign of parsnips or baby carrots though?
