Daisy in the Garden: Leeks Finally Planted 🐝🐝🐝

Wednesday 28 June 2023

Leeks Finally Planted 🐝🐝🐝

7am ...Mizzle ! And hopefully the promise of some rain later in the week . So I decided to plant out my Leek babies .

Tidied up the Rhubarb which had a huge fern and clump of stinging nettles growing right in the middle of it and gave the Perennial Kale a bit of fresh earth to cover where it's stem had flopped over and was now beginning to take root . I might actually move it to somewhere else in the garden .

The ground is so dry , but I feel that they are now best planted out . It has been easier for me to water and bring them on in the shed .

The earth too hard and so dry that I decided to use this bulb planter and make a much deeper and a more substantial hole to drop them into . I also kept most of the compost on their roots and gave them all a good handful of fresh compost . They had a good drink before being planted out and each one another good drink to settle them in .

I got the idea of using the bulb planting tool from Cliff and Diane of the YouTube Channel - Castle Hill Garden . It cuts nice and easily into the hard dry earth , makes it so much easier for me .

Always great advice from Cliff on Castle Hill - Highly recommend you go take a look at his channel .

So this was slightly different to the traditional and usual way I do it . Got to keep them well watered and this is so difficult for me with the hose-pipe ban ...carrying watering cans .

So I gave each one a good drink to the top of each hole and I will give them another drink this evening .

Fixed up the chicken wire , there was just enough to go around the leeks to keep the bunnykins out . I don't think the Rabbits would eat my Rhubarb ..they haven't touch the Perennial Kale . I'm not sure I like Perennial Kale either ....but you know , it's there , just in case , along with the Egyptian Walking Onions , Dandelion and Nettle-leaves .

Actually I quite like Nettle-leaves ......

Anyway ......

Two hours ! It took me two hours !