The diary of two novice gardeners and chicken keepers
Posted in Allotments on May 28th, 2010
I have received the cauliflower plants ordered from T&M and they look brilliant. Healthy and ready to be planted out as soon as the beds are ready. They are an F1 variety called Skywalker and should be ready to harvest in October. (Update – we planted these yesterday, 2nd June, under a covered tunnel along with [...]
Posted in Allotments on May 26th, 2010
Posted in Allotments on May 26th, 2010
This is the view I have when I am hanging out my washing and looking up into the Lilac tree which always blooms at the same time as the pink Clematis. The Lilac doesn’t have a scent but the Clematis does and early morning and evening it is worth going out there and doing a [...]
Posted in Allotments on May 24th, 2010
I popped to see my sister today and she gave me a cutting of an everlasting wallflower. Her garden is beautiful. Everything seems to grow abuntantly and this particular beauty was in evidence here and there and she assures me it will take easily. I haven’t got her green fingers however, and she hasn’t got [...]
Posted in Allotments on May 22nd, 2010
We are having a heatwave today. I have been at the plot for hours watering and planting. I have put the Aubergines outside and also planted out some Tomatoes. We have planted the first of the squash and all of the runner beans are now in the ground. There is talk of a late frost [...]
Posted in Allotments on May 18th, 2010
The weather is warmer now and everything is growing well. The Clematis Miss Christine, bought from crocus.com last year, is a picture and smells lovely.
Posted in Allotments on May 13th, 2010
The first of the baby call ducks has hatched despite the cold. I think he is a boy so I have called him George after the husband of my friend Joyce from the Yoga class.
Posted in Allotments on May 13th, 2010
This morning the thermometer reads minus two degrees celcius so it must have been colder during the night. Just when we needed the weather to get warmer. New plants have been put in on the plot and the first hatch of ducklings are due.
Posted in Allotments on May 12th, 2010
I have bought another climber for the side garden. It is a Jasmine called Revolutum and has bright yellow flowers. I shall keep it in the pot for a little while before I plant it out. When in the garden it will be protected by a rigid netting cover to keep off the worst of [...]
Posted in Allotments on May 12th, 2010
I have now put in my late broad bean plants and a row of leeks in the bottom bed. I have also put in the Runner Beans that have survived the slugs and hope that they survive the weather which continues to be cold and windy. Two of the tomato plants have been put in [...]
