The diary of two novice gardeners and chicken keepers
Posted in Allotments on May 29th, 2009
Yesterday was a lovely warm day but as Rob had to work a double shift he wasn’t home until 7.45pm. We went straight down to the plots when he got back and spent a nice hour watering the plants that are under cover and the seedlings then planting more pumpkins, five Cauliflower Moby Dick, five Cabbage [...]
Posted in Allotments on May 26th, 2009
Look for the small things in life to bring joy. (Confucius)
We had given up on any ducklings from Jemima and Puddles as most of their eggs have been infertile. However, this morning, to my great surprise one of the eggs had pipped and by this evening we had a beautiful baby duck. I have already bought some [...]
Posted in Allotments on May 24th, 2009
Posted in Allotments on May 24th, 2009
Robs week off is almost at an end and we have done most of the jobs we wanted to do despite the heavy rain that fell most of last week. Yesterday and today have been much warmer with brilliant sunshine.
The pumpkin bed has been dug and planted up. Twenty six brassicas have been planted and [...]
Posted in Allotments on May 15th, 2009
After a day of torrential rain the weather finally cleared up enough for us to pop down to the plots and install the second Cucumber Carmen in the lean to. The first plant is still surviving despite the cold spell we have had. We had a walk round to check on everything and so far [...]
Posted in Allotments on May 14th, 2009
Today is a special day as it is twenty five years since Rob joined Royal Mail. He has hardly had a day off sick in all that time and I am very proud of him. The time has seen him change from a young man into a wonderful Grandad.
Posted in Allotments on May 12th, 2009
It’s day 20 and the first Pekin chick was waiting for me bright and early this morning. One of the Orpingtons was almost out too. Looks like a busy day.
Posted in Allotments on May 11th, 2009
It is day 19 in the incubation of the last batch of chicks for this season. They are a mix of colours of Orpington Bantams. A new breed for us this year. The lady I bought them from didn’t have quite the dozen eggs so made up the numbers with four pekins, a breed I [...]
Posted in Allotments on May 9th, 2009
Today I treated myself to two climbers from Sainsburys. A Jasmine and a Clematis. Jasmine is one of the first plants that comes to mind when thinking of fragrance for the garden. Both have been planted in the garden behind the picket fence to protect them from ducks, chickens and bunnies. They should look good against the new fence.
A [...]
Posted in Allotments on May 7th, 2009
I’m having another go at Melons this year. I have sown quite a few seeds of Minnesota Midget and Sugar Baby as last year not many germinated and those that did failed to produce a good plant.
There are three essential rules for growing melons: make sure the flowers are pollinated, add lime to the planting [...]
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