The diary of two novice gardeners and chicken keepers
Posted in Allotments on Jan 26th, 2010
I have bought another Blueberry bush to grow alongside our original one. I have chosen Blueberry Darrow from Wiggly Wigglers. They say it bears the largest blueberry known and is a late season, self fertile compact bush. It will be planted in ericaceous compost in a tall pot to stand next to our other one. [...]
Posted in Allotments on Jan 26th, 2010
I chose Focus to buy the seed potatoes this year and have limited my spending to £10. They look in good condition and I am pleased with the varieties I chose. I plan to chit them on the window ledge and plant from March to April in bags except for the main crop which will [...]
Posted in Allotments on Jan 22nd, 2010
Today I gave in and bought some seeds. I had already been to Netto and bought the Parsnip seeds that I had planned to buy for 19p but today bought four packets on impulse from Sainsburys. A pack pf six mixed squash, sweetcorn, leeks and climbing beans. In my defence they are all varieties that I [...]
Posted in Allotments on Jan 10th, 2010
Heavy snow followed by freezing temperatures meant that the weight was too much for our poor tunnels and this is the result. Looks like we will have some serious repairs to do soon. It was such hard work to build the tunnels in the first place that I almost feel like giving up all together [...]
