Armed Police and an Axeman

Well it was a busy weekend down on the plot. On the harvesting side we were busy with potatoes and French beans. We had had the first shave of the cultivated rocket, pulled some radish and cleared the last remnants of the dismal first sowing of carrot.

We also had to clear the onions. I double checked the "instructions" which came with the sets (forum) - apparantly they'd be ready in August - so bit ahead of the game there. Unfortunately some of them were starting to rot so it was either lift them or risk losing more.

I finished off the section of the plot was digging - and so was able to plant out the red cabbage which were filling their pots and then covered with netting. Also planted out the leeks - all 20 of them! Sowed more carrots - which based upon my experience so far will result in........ 3 carrots. Also sowed some lettuce, the last of the beetroot and the first of the Pak Choi.

And the armed police.... on Saturday afternoon looked up from the digging and saw some armed police with dogs walking down the main path and into the woods. On leaving we also found the gate blocked by three squad cars (blocking cars not pedestrians). Apparantly some kids had reported that the was someone in the woods with an axe! Apparantly they'd didn't find anyone so hopefully it was a false alarm.