Weeded.
Cut away some of the grass which had put roots into the pond, which should slow down the loss of water from it, so we don't have to top it up so much. We'd left it until now because it was providing cover for the frogs & toads. They have less now, but I think it's still plenty. I hope we didn't disturb them too much. Avoiding disturbance was another reason for not cutting it, but they seem used to us now, from us topping up the water. They usually hang around while we do it. Middle toad goggled at us from the middle of the pond while we did the grass clearing, but stayed in place.
Pot the frog had come out earlier, but hopped off in a huff when Mrs B started cutting back the grass. Didn't see Notpot the other frog today, or either of the other toads. They seem to keep away from the pond.
After weeding, put cages over the sorry remnants of the choi sum. It was looking pretty damn good a few days ago - & then pigeons happened. Stripped every plant of most of its leaves in one day. I've planted some more in little pots at home, in case the stripped ones don't recover.
The feathered rats went for the neighbouring radishes while they were at it, but didn't touch the shiso. That's looking healthy, as is the other batch of radishes.
Celery's been planted out for a while, & is thriving. Onions are getting admiring comments: some of them are huge. Ate one tonight, & it made my eyes water. Quite potent. Had a look under a potato plant to check progress, & got a few baby new potatoes, but not enough to do any more.
The Japanese turnips looked very miserable after being transplanted (they'd been in a big pot), but have almost all perked up now. One of the Japanese cucumber plants has died. I think it got overheated when I had them under plastic. Should have taken if off earlier. The others are flourishing, though, shooting up.
