Chris and Steve's Weblog – City Chickens

Here is Libbie with the cucumber she sowed last Wednesday.

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It looks like the other five Plymouth Rock eggs aren’t fertile. However the first blue Silkie bantam chick hatched this morning and it is beautiful. ….and here is the buff plymouth rock chick too. I have potted on the first seven of the Tomato plants now; thirteen more to go.

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I have sown seeds of Pansy Mello 21 bought from alanromans.com. I have sown them two to a module in moist seed compost and put them on the window ledge. I have covered the tray with newspaper as they do not require any heat or light to germinate. (Seeds can be sown in February or March [...]

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Today has been a sad day as I have had to cull the two lame Apenzeller chicks. The remaining three cockerels are strong and will be going to a new home soon as we can’t keep boys here. On a more positive note the first of the Buff Plymouth Rock chicks has hatched and it [...]

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I am determined to have a more successful crop from this cucumber this year. I plan to put the plants on the least draughty side of the lean to with some extra protection as I have read that draught can be a killer for cucumber. I have read somewhere that John Innes number 3 compost [...]

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This morning I have sown the last of my leek seeds in a tall 7″ pot. They are Musselburgh bought from alanromans.com and can be relied upon for a top sweet flavour, Winter hardiness and all round performance. They should germinate in about 21 days and will be left in the pot until they are [...]

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  I am a relative new comer to the ups and downs of growing roses. Although we already had a rambling rose, Wedding Day, a climber, Dublin Bay, and a Hybrid Tea, Margaret Merrill in the garden they had more or less been left to their own devices. This year however I have taken a more [...]

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