The diary of two novice gardeners and chicken keepers
Posted in Allotments on Jan 30th, 2008
This morning I have sown two seeds of tomato Tigerella from Thompson & Morgan. Cordon (Indeterminate).greenback free, crops heavily and over 3 weeks earlier than Moneymaker. It grows well outdoors or in a greenhouse in all areas, has a rich, tangy flavour uniquely its own – and clearly defined red and yellow stripes! For greenhouse [...]
Posted in Allotments on Jan 28th, 2008
The seeds arrived today from Thompson & Morgan and I lost no time in getting one of the cucumber Carmen seeds into a three inch pot, covered it in polythene and sat it on top of the computer for a little heat. (germinated 1st Feb at 5 days) We had to go to B&Q for a new [...]
Posted in Allotments on Jan 27th, 2008
We made a latish visit to the plots in rare January sunshine. The site was deserted as most of the plot holders would have made an early start and have been tucking into their Sunday lunch by the time we drove through the gates. We took most of the seed potatoes down and put them into the [...]
Posted in Allotments on Jan 25th, 2008
The seedlings Derby Day and Greyhound are racing along and showing through the soil already after only three days. Yesterday I sowed two aubergine Black Beauty amd today two tomato Moneymaker (germinated 8 days) and six tomato Gardeners Delight (3 up after 7 days). The first pot of sweet peas are already about two inches high, [...]
Posted in Allotments on Jan 22nd, 2008
Today I sowed fifteen seeds of Sweet Pea Blue Ripple bought from Alan Romans. I am trying the chitting method as described by TeeGee a forum member. (no sign of chitting so transferred to a pot – 3 only showing through on 1st Feb) (Update August 2008 – Although there were few plants there are [...]
Posted in Allotments on Jan 21st, 2008
The two tomato seeds, Sungold have germinated already at five days and I have moved them on to the window ledge. A couple of the sweetpeas are also through. I have sown six cauliflower, All Year Round in small pots and three pepper Californian Wonder.
Posted in Allotments on Jan 17th, 2008
I sowed 16 sweet pea seeds that I had saved from last year so they should be mixed colours. Also two each of tomato Alicante and Sungold and two aubergine Mohican. I used Levingtons seed compost, covered the pots with cling film and stood them on the computer box for some bottom heat. It’s a start.
Posted in Allotments on Jan 15th, 2008
Today I ordered some cucumber seeds, Carmen, from Thompson and Morgan, as advised by a forum member. I also ordered cauliflower and tomato seeds to make the order worthwhile. The cucumber seeds are very expensive at £7.99 for five but on a special deal at the moment the most expensive packet of seeds is free [...]
Posted in Allotments on Jan 1st, 2008
After three long weeks I finally made it to the allotment amd spent the first half an hour doing a full inspection. The greenhouse had moved on its base and a couple of panes of glass lay inside but no serious damage had been done luckily. I tidied up the sprouts removing most of the [...]
