The diary of two novice gardeners and chicken keepers
Posted in Allotments on Jun 18th, 2010
Once again I have brought home a large bowl of strawberries and a couple of massive butterhead lettuces. I also managed to get enough potatoes Sharps Express for a meal tonight. The potatoes have been slow to grow as we had a cold start to the season followed by a very long dry period. The [...]
Posted in Allotments on Jun 18th, 2010
Rob came and met me at the plot and we planted forty Leek plants. The long awaited rain came just as we were finishing. We use the popular method of planting Leeks which is just dibbing a good hole and dropping the plant in while pouring water in to settle the roots but not back [...]
Posted in Allotments on Jun 18th, 2010
Today we have planted fifteen Celeriac Monarch plants which were given to us by a friend of Robs at the Post Office, They were tiny seedlings when he gave them to us and I potted them on to make good sturdy plants. We have never grown or eaten these before so I shall be doing [...]
Posted in Allotments on Jun 17th, 2010
Posted in Allotments on Jun 16th, 2010
These are the parsnips that I chitted at home. They were a devil to transplant but look worth the effort now. The curds are forming in our first caulis of the season. The flower bed is quite overcrowded and has been left more or less to its own devices but is doing its job in [...]
Posted in Allotments on Jun 7th, 2010
We had a massive thunder storm yesterday with torrential rain and so the plot got a really good soaking. I went down this morning for a couple of hours and put in some plants and did a bit of weeding and tying up. Everything is growing well now and we have brought home quite a [...]
Posted in Allotments on Jun 7th, 2010
I have put a Melon Sweetheart into the brassica tunnel today. I have placed it behind a row of lettuce which should be harvested soon and give a bit more room for the melon to grow. Melon Sweetheart bears medium-sized fruits with grey-green skin and light orange flesh. One of the quickest to mature. RHS [...]
Posted in Allotments on Jun 7th, 2010
After all my effort this years trying to raise seedlings for cucumber I have had to give in and buy seedlings from the nursery. I chose two sturdy plants of Femspot an F1 hybrid which I am assured will be successful. I have planted both in the lean to and they tower over my little [...]
