The end of the compost

I have potted up my three largest towel-tomatoes and the big Roma tomato into what will probably (unless I have to take extreme anti-drought measures) be their final large-size pots, which are considerably larger than the previous ones; I am hoping to save myself time and trouble later on, and I think the plants are sturdy enough to take it. The original seedling from the 3rd March batch now definitely has a yellow flower on it :-)

This used up all my stored compost from emptying the pots last autumn, so I shan't be able to pot up anything else until I take the bike trailer out to bring back another bag -- to my surprise, there were sizeable live worms again in the bottom of that compost sack, despite its having been stored indoors and left to dry out for months! Possibly that explains why it was such lovely friable stuff, if the worms had been busy eating all the organic matter over the winter, but I'm still surprised they don't desiccate to death :-O

( Rudbeckias and marigolds )

( Peppers (chillies) )