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Onions Sets: Onions from sets going well.

Sun, 10 May 2009 23:13:12 +0100

Onions Sets: Onions from sets going well.

Planting planting planting...

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:44:47 +0100

Into the greenhouse went:

Runner beans (6x Best of All, 12x Butler)
Dwarf French beans Sprite x15 (another batch to do in a few weeks)
Butternut Squash Hawk x 12
Courgette Defender x8
Marrow Green Bush x4
Sweetcorn Swift x24
Cabbage April x10
Leek Musselburgh
Celery Golden Self-blanching
Celeriac Monarch
Marigolds
Sunflowers

And into the ground:
2 more rows of potatoes, Winston and Desiree

Seeds

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:04:00 +0100

The seeds from the other day:

Parsnip Albion (F1) x4 rows
Carrot Amsterdam Forcing 3 x6 rows
Pea Little Marvel x2 double rows

Plus yesterday:

One row of Winston First Early potatoes
One and a half rows of white onion sets (Stuttgarter Giant)

Last Leek: One of our last leeks, and a big fella too. Sadly a...

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:03:28 +0100

Last Leek: One of our last leeks, and a big fella too. Sadly a little past his best.

Cold frame: We built a cold frame. That big crack is nothing to...

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:03:23 +0100

Cold frame: We built a cold frame. That big crack is nothing to do with me or my lack of ability to balance a spade against a fence. No siree.

Daffodils: When all at once I saw a crowd, a host of golden...

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:03:19 +0100

Daffodils: When all at once I saw a crowd, a host of golden daffodils.

Raised bed: We’ve built a raised bed! It’s got...

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:03:14 +0100

Raised bed: We’ve built a raised bed! It’s got carrots and parsnips in it.

A plot in springtime

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:03:10 +0100

A plot in springtime

Spring

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:36:31 +0100

It has suddenly dawned on me that its time to get busy!

Today: I’ve planted carrots and parsnips (in the raised bed we built and filled a few weeks back) plus some peas.

There are potatoes in a big bucket in the ‘greenhouse’ which are going strong, and a few of the very-first-earlies are showing in the ground.

The last of the leeks have been pulled (and chucked, they’ve been in the ground too long).

Seed trays are all cleaned and full of compost, ready for some planting the next few days. Also on the job list are planting onion sets and more potatoes.

Meanwhile, it’s time to start the war on marestail again, plus the grass, which is an increasing problem.

Daffodils in a beer bottle: Umm, what else are you supposed to...

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:59:52 +0000

Daffodils in a beer bottle: Umm, what else are you supposed to put them in?

Butterfly

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:19:09 +0000

Butterfly

Allotment Plans

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:52:24 +0000

Allotment Plans

Autumnal Allotment

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:19:29 +0000

Autumnal Allotment

Word of the day: cold. Anyway, I tidied up all the dead stuff onto the compost. And planted some...

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:18:00 +0000

Word of the day: cold.

Anyway, I tidied up all the dead stuff onto the compost. And planted some winter peas. What on earth they are going to do in that freezing, heavy soil I do not know.

Our biggest marrow (with a size 9 boot for scale).

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:04:00 +0100

Our biggest marrow (with a size 9 boot for scale).

The two most dangerous words on an allotment:

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:23:09 +0100

Let’s just

You never just go and fetch a few veg…

You can’t just put some canes in for those tomatos…

You don’t just move a fence…

You certainly will never just pop down to the allotment for an hour…

Bindweed

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:49:00 +0100

Bindweed:

Convolvulus arvensis

It is probably the most troublesome weed in the garden and is very difficult to eradicate.

Ha. Most troublesome weed - after marestail. And we got it.

A few days ago… Cremated the tomatos. They had all died. Fail. Earthed up leeks with compost...

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:20:00 +0100

A few days ago…

Cremated the tomatos. They had all died. Fail.

Earthed up leeks with compost from tomato grow bags. Should produce longer, whiter stems.

Tidied up strawberries. Removed new plants from runners, placed in better positions. We will see whether they take or not.

Dug out garlic and cleared old onion bed. Sowed green manure there. Grows over winter, dig in in the spring. Will be interesting to see whether it does any good.

Roasted potatos, courgettes, onion, leeks and garlic, with...

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:58:42 +0100

Roasted potatos, courgettes, onion, leeks and garlic, with sweetcorn and french beans on the side. All fresh from the allotment, of course.

It finally stopped raining a bit so I went to the allotment.

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Dug up all the potatos and put them into sacks. Three rows worth, into three sacks (the sacks are not full, by any means, but I reckon there must be 40 kilos there).

The onions I sowed the other week are just showing through, and the cabbage seeds have germinated as well.

There are some tiny squashes on the plants now, and the peas have got some pods on too.

Our 30 tomato plants have produced one ripe tomato so far. I ate it. It was OK.

The dwarf french beans have got dwarf french beans on them. The plants are “dwarf”, but the beans are standard size and very nice boiled.

Everything else is damp but seems healthy.