I had a bit of a shock this morning when there was an unexpected frost. The weather station on my observatory claimed a minimum air temperature of 0.45C overnight. The pepper and aubergine seedlings aren’t really happy with that sort of temperature and tend to keel over. I would have put some fleece over them, but the forecast was for a much warmer night. Fortunately they all appear to be ok despite one or two plants looking a bit limp first thing this morning.
This afternoon I have been spreading more compost on the vegetable beds and putting down wood chips for the paths. The first compost bin is now empty and I’ve all but run out of wood chips. There’s a rumour that the chap who owns a local sawmill is desperate to get rid of a load of waste wood chips, so I’ll have to chase up on that. Between the veg plot, polytunnel and the new greenhouse I’ve got through three and a half dumpy bags of it so far. I don’t think it would be a struggle to use another three bags worth.
