Garden Bears' World - Planting Early Potatoes

Polar and I have been busy planning for some early vegetables.  A few days ago, we sowed some carrot seeds in a deep pot of compost, while today we decided to plant some new potatoes.

Polar gave me three potatoes to plant at the bottom of a big tub.  I dug some holes to plant them a little more deeply, with the sprouting leaves - called 'eyes' - upwards.

We covered them over with some more compost, keeping a tub of extra compost to top the tub as the plants begin to grow.  Polar says we will start another tub next week, and a final one the week after and, when it warms up, we will help to plant the second early and main-crop potatoes in the garden and on the allotment.

After that, I was allowed to play in the greenhouse, climbing Polar's big exercise hula-hoop, then sliding down it.  

Then I went to check on the vegetable patches.  Polar and Grizzly are growing rainbow chard under frames to keep pigeons off.  The pigeons have been pecking at the purple sprouting broccoli, so I helped Polar to put some disused CDs on sticks to scare them away.

Our rhubarb is growing well, so hopefully we will have nice desserts soon!

In the cold-frame, the lettuces are doing nicely.  In the other half, we still have the broad beans and some more onions.  We planted the first tray of onions on the allotment last week, but Polar forgot to take the camera.  Some of these ones are for Polar's friends and for the local school, so she will have to find a safe way of delivering them!

Then it was time to do some more climbing.  The wisteria is my favourite, and I get a nice view of the herb garden from up there!

One of the other bears or I will be back soon with more Garden Bears' World soon, but now it is time to be a Window Bear and wave to our neighbours and any human cubs who are #GoingOnABearHunt.