Sages transplanted

I've had this variegated sage plant in the garden in a pot for nearly two years, and yesterday was the perfect sunny day to transplant it to my newly created herb bed. Not only does it look great (to my eye at least!) among the other herbs and flowers, it also means fewer pots to move to the new garden! La salvia planta mas alta del medio es una salvia verde jaspeada que hace dos anos que tengo en una maceta en el jardin. Ayer hizo bueno asi que aproveche para transplantarla con el resto de las hierbas aromaticas: queda bonito y es una maceta menos que transportar en la mudanza!

This one is the other salvia I've had in a pot for two winters now. I think it looks good against the green of the mint plant. Behind it you can see the raspberry in flower already! Esta es la otra salvia que tenia en el jardin. Queda bien junto al verde de la menta. Detras esta mi frambuesa, que ya tiene flores!

Sowing and planting in early May

I was busy at the allotment this bank holiday. Hoy fue festivo en Inglaterra y lo pase en la huerta, plantando y sembrando.

1. More raspberry canes, the green netting is to stop the cats climbing the fence at this particular spot and snapping the new branches (it happened!). Mas canas de frambuesa, la red es para que los gatos no trepen justo ahi y rompan las ramas nuevas!

2. A patch of parsley seed. Un rincon sembrado de perejil.

3. I filled this raised bed with more compost from my garden (before I sell it), and transplanted some lollo rossa I sowed in a tray last month. And next to the lettuces I sowed radishes. Rellene la jardinera con compost del jardin y plante unas lechugas que sembre el mes pasado en una maceta. Y al lado de las lechugas sembre rabanitos.

4. Chinese cabbage grown in a tray and transplanted today, something I'm growing for the first time. Behind it, few purple sprouting broccoli plants in between two rows of beans (not sowed yet, still a bit cold), to make more use of the space (psb will be in the ground till next spring). Aqui transplante UNOs repollos chinos (una novedad para mi), y detras voy a plantar dos filas de judias pero aun hace algo de frio. Mientras tanto he plantado unas plantitas se brecol morado, que van a estar ahi todo el verano hasta la primavera proxima (asi se aprovecha el espacio mejor).

5. I bought some tomato plants the other day and today I planted them out, three next to the lettuces (see above) and three in these pots. Behind the pots are my peas, and I sowed a row of purple mangetout. The raised bed at the back has my spring onions, garlic, and in between I sowed a patch of rocket today. Compre seis tomates el otro dia, tres los plante con las lechugas y tres en estas macetas. Detras estan los guisantes, hoy sembre una fila de una variedad morada. Y al fondo se ve la jardinera donde tengo los ajos, unas cebolletas, y un rincon que sembre hoy con rucula.