Lots to catch up on

Pretty pictures first - the euphorbia Griffithii is going mad - obviously likes this position in the garden.
The little hawthorn in the courtyard is looking pretty with its new leaves.
This is a variety of Phlox, and is looking spectacular at the moment. I will take cuttings and put some in the front garden - will tide us over a flower-less period in early spring.
The young horse chestnuts are growing strongly - about 30 cm growth already this year.
The two cider apple trees are coming into full blossom now and looking pretty spectacular.

sown:
more cosmos, more sweetcorn, more marigolds
The (quite expensive) special seed-sowing compost that I used bought to use this year turned out to be terrible for seeds, and I have had to re-sow lots of stuff. Very disappointed with the sweet peas too - same compost.
Radishes, mixed Asiatic salad leaves, & rocket - in the serre

pricked out:
rainbow chard 'bright lights', purple basil,
potted-on or planted out:
broccoli (ordinary green and purple sprouting) plus some cabbages into the garden. Am using a fleece 'tunnel' to cover all the brassicas, as they got eaten to nothing by cabbage white caterpillars last year.
12 Beetroot plants into the potager.
The early potatoes went in ages ago (around 5th april) using a the 'no dig' method shown in the soil association garden book - using a straw mulch (picture above). They are starting to come up - it is a bit of a fiddle ensuring that the leaves get up through the straw.

bought in & planted:
18 dahlias, a blueberry bush (gift from C&C) picture below6 cauliflower plants (in the potager)
3 more sweet peppers, in the serre (names to come later)

coming up:
annual lavatera, geranium splish splash, thrift, marigolds, Candelabra primulas
tomatoes: 'tom thumb red' and 'orange cherry'
some of the climbers for covering the dead hedge including some more sweet peas

ready to eat
the first radishes and some of the lettuces!