The diary of two novice gardeners and chicken keepers
Posted in Allotments on Nov 19th, 2006
It has been a beautiful morning with lovely winter sunshine despite being a bit nippy on the fingers. We have measured out (8′x11′) and dug over the brassica bed for next years crop. We shall leave it now to settle before we manure it then we shall cover it till Spring when we must remember [...]
Posted in Allotments on Nov 17th, 2006
Rob Our shed
Posted in Allotments on Nov 16th, 2006
We spent a nice hour and a half at the allotment this afternoon. I sowed five pots each of nine Sweet Pea seeds and put them into the cold greenhouse under glass. If they all germinate that will be forty five plants so that should cover quite a large trellis. I am planning to erect [...]
Posted in Allotments on Nov 13th, 2006
No visit to the allotment today as I had a hefty dental appointment for a root canal filling. On a brighter note, this morning the postman delivered our seeds ordered from Alan Romans and to cheer myself up this afternoon I ordered the seed potatoes for next year.
Posted in Allotments on Nov 12th, 2006
One of the first things we did on our plot was to make a flower bed in front of the lean to. Rob had made a raised bed with wood and I planted in some Lupin plants I had started at home from seed. As we cleared Trevor’s plot I found a few other flowers and [...]
Posted in Allotments on Nov 10th, 2006
An intended quick visit turned into a long tidy up at the plot today. I tidied the shed and took advantage of the site skip to get rid of some clutter. Rob fixed a handle on to the shed door at last. We planted some cauliflower plants, that we had started at home from seed, into [...]
Posted in Allotments on Nov 10th, 2006
We have been making a detailed plan of the plot on the computer based on measurements given to us by Trevor. It didn’t seem to come together so we decided to go and measure up only to discover that the length was 80′ and not the 90′ we were working on. Width was fine at 30′. [...]
Posted in Allotments on Nov 10th, 2006
We planted some strawberry runners donated to us by Joe. Had to wait two weeks before we dug up the potatoes. Disappointing harvest but we were still excited. Sat 7th – When we arrived at the plot the gazebo had been blown over. Trevor said a mini tornado swept accross the site and caused quite [...]
Posted in Allotments on Nov 10th, 2006
The 2nd September, Rob’s birthday and the Wollescote show. We had a laugh with new friends and paid over the odds for auctioned flowers, vegetables and a birthday cake. 4th September – Planted broad beans they should be ready to harvest from February 2007. 16th September – We put up the gazebo and netted the [...]
Posted in Allotments on Nov 9th, 2006
There were red berries all over the big tree at home and it has reminded me how quickly the growing year is flying past. The peas were a disaster so we dug them up, same with lettuce, we have a lot to learn. We have planted some late potatoes, Carlingford, Maris Peer and Charlotte. The [...]
