The diary of two novice gardeners and chicken keepers
Posted in Allotments on Mar 31st, 2008
This morning I sowed seeds of Swede Best Of All in modules as last years crop sown direct was hopeless. I also sowed two 3″ pots with lettuce seeds Iceburg and All The Year Round. I did loads of potting on again and before I knew it the whole morning had disappeared. I seem to [...]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 29th, 2008
We finally decided to invest in an incubator and went for the RCOM20 from P&T Poultry. Our savings have taken as much of a battering as the allotment this week as we have also bought some plastic tubing and some netting to build a tunnel. On Tuesday morning I checked on Pecker, who was initially [...]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 28th, 2008
Today I sowed 6 Sunflower Giant seed, three to a 3″ pot. We had planned to try some sown directly at the plots but its so cold and windy down there at the moment. If these make decent strong plants I may sow them all at home. (update – all have germinated after just three [...]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 22nd, 2008
The first flower has burst open on the new lemon tree. There are a lot of buds but it was so exciting to see the first fully open flower. It is a beautiful white star and, I think, has a really musky scent.
Posted in Allotments on Mar 14th, 2008
It is Libbie’s third birthday so we went to take her presents over. She is so beautiful and really bright. We are so proud of her. When we came home we got changed and spent an hour at the plots. Rob planted two rows of potato Rocket on plot 18 and I planted some Dhalia [...]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 11th, 2008
Normal green pods containing unique violet-purple beans which are delicious steamed rather than boiled to retain much of their colour. Ideal for freezing While I stayed at home waiting for the postman to deliver the hatching eggs Rob went to the allotment to do a few jobs. He sowed three rows of peas Fortune [...]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 10th, 2008
This afternoon I have sown seeds of Tomatoes, Ildi, Alicante, Moneymaker, Roma, Black Cherry and Lemon Tree. Two seeds each in small pots covered with cling film and given a little bottom heat. Heirloom tomato seed Roma is an outstanding and disease resistant variety that produces red plum tomatoes of medium size. On the [...]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 8th, 2008
I had fifteen cardboard tubes already half filled with seed compost so this morning I have sown ten Sweetcorn Two’s Sweeter bought from alanromans.com 50p for 25 seeds. I shall sow the other seeds at a later date as I have read that F1 Hybrids will all mature at the same time. Originally a native of sub-tropical [...]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 7th, 2008
I have loads of seedlings coming through now and have run out of seed compost so have had to stop for a while. The Brussel Sprout seedlings in the propagator must have been too warm as they have shot up and are leggy. I have transplanted the leggy ones to toilet roll tubes and taken [...]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 4th, 2008
The picture says it all.
