The diary of two novice gardeners and chicken keepers
Posted in Allotments on Oct 29th, 2007
We popped to the plots today in beautiful sunshine to spread the first eleven bags of horse manure. We made a few decisions about what will go where next season as we read that the carrot and parsnip beds don’t need manuring. Considering that it is the end of October it was a lovely afternoon [...]
Posted in Allotments on Oct 28th, 2007
A few of the Charlotte potatoes from this year’s harvest had spurted so I have put them in a pot in the lean to. To be continued……. Apart from tidying up and laying compost on the empty beds there is not much to report from the plot so I thought a picture of our grandaughter Libbie enjoying [...]
Posted in Allotments on Oct 19th, 2007
Last night I cut up and roasted the first half of the butternut squash and we really enjoyed it. I was surprised to find that there were no seeds inside but was very pleased that we had found something new that we could grow again and enjoy eating. I understand that you can make [...]
Posted in Allotments on Oct 14th, 2007
Posted in Allotments on Oct 14th, 2007
I’m not sure if there is a collective noun for Whitefly but I think a blizzard would be the perfect one. We had decided to have two hours at the plots and we both had our jobs planned. Mine was to clear the flower bed and collect seeds from the Lupins then to collect seeds [...]
Posted in Allotments on Oct 13th, 2007
Roy makes a start on the pumpkin.
Posted in Allotments on Oct 11th, 2007
Today we put the rhubarb to bed for the Winter. I put a layer of chicken poo on to the bed then covered it with straw and anchored it down with netting. The strawberries in the fruit cage have thrown out loads of runners and one of the tasks I set for myself today was [...]
Posted in Allotments on Oct 9th, 2007
The onions are in. We had a lovely downpour this morning which softened the soil beautifully and we were able to plant the onion sets. Four rows of 15 yellow, four rows of 15 white and three rows of 15 red. Rob has started work laying the paths between the beds on plot 18 as [...]
Posted in Allotments on Oct 8th, 2007
Rob has finally finished the heartbreaking task of digging over the potato beds on plot 18. I suppose I shall have to start buying potatoes from Sainsburys again. Blooming Blight! Never mind. The plot looks very tidy and we are planning to put a few loads of horse muck on the beds ready for next [...]
