Chris and Steve's Weblog – City Chickens

Three more pots of seeds are now sitting on the computer tower awaiting germination. Gardener’s Delight, Ildi and Sungold; all three did well for us last year.

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I have sown seeds of Tomato Black Cherry again this year.  We have done well with these in the past couple of years and hope that the seeds will do us proud again this year. I should have bought fresh seeds I suppose but I thought I might as well give them a go to [...]

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The incubator is in business again keeping warm six eggs of the Plymouth Rock, three Silkies and three Light Sussex bantams. (Update - 16th March; first buff plymouth rock chick has popped out on day 22. 6/6 hatched from the other batch but in the end they all died but one blue silkie)

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This morning I sowed the first of my tomato seed. Five seeds to a five inch pot of John Innes Seed Sowing Compost. It is now sitting on the computer tower for a bit of bottom heat.

Ivory coloured cherry tomatoes that are said to be sweet without being sugary. An indeterminate.

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Hello

(Update – of the five chicks, two had to be culled as they both had seriously splayed legs and just couldn’t cope. Two are cockerels and are going to live in Manchester and one seems to be a pullet so she will stay here. I am quite happy to have one Apenzeller to add to our little [...]

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Well day 21 has arived but I didn’t get up this morning to the sound of cheeping. I think I can see slight wobble from two of the eggs but that may be my eyes deceiving me. we shall have to wait and see. Hatching is all about patience and I don’t have any.
The two [...]

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When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars

At dawn on 14th February 2009 the day dedicated to St Valentine, the patron saint of love, the Moon in Libra enters the seventh house of relationships, and Jupiter and Mars are aligned in [...]

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Last night I ordered a copy of Allotment Growing. I already have a link to John Harrison’s website on the sidebar of my weblog under ‘friends’. Here is a link to the page specifically about his book.
http://www.allotment.org.uk/book/index.php
With his permission I may occassionally refer to to a hint or a tip gathered from his work.
Whilst on [...]

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On Friday Matt had to have two teeth out and he has to go through the same again next week, poor boy. We love you Matt.

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Opal plums are a sweet, bite-sized dessert plum with a great colour range. From sunshine yellow to deep purple, often on one fruit. They have pale yellow flesh with a Greengage flavour. This is a really early cropping plum tree and in a good year you can look forward to the first fruit being ready at the [...]

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