The diary of two novice gardeners and chicken keepers
Posted in Allotments on Aug 24th, 2009
The Runner Ducks hatched this weekend. Out of six eggs we got three beautiful ducklings. It looks like two girls and a boy, Libbie named the two girls Honey and Treacle and we decided on Francis Drake for the boy, Frank for short, in honour of our good friend and neighbour at the allotment.
We spent a [...]
Posted in Allotments on Aug 19th, 2009
Made my first ever pumpkin pies this morning using just a quarter of a largish pumpkin. I did a search for a recipe as I had no idea what went into it apart from pumpkin and pastry. I used a block of frozen shortcrust pastry and lined two tart dishes. I pureed the pumpkin and [...]
Posted in Allotments on Aug 7th, 2009
We spent a couple of hours at the plots this afternoon. The weather was warm and sunny and the ground was workable so we did a lot of weeding. Still back breaking work but easier than when the ground is dry or heavy with rain. Rob dug up a few rows of potatoes and we [...]
Posted in Allotments on Aug 6th, 2009
Today we have received a warning of Blight in our area. As Rob is working all day today we wont be able to get down to the plots to rescue the potatoes and tomatoes.
The weather today is dry and sunny for a change. The past few weeks have been miserable with loads of torrential rain which [...]
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