The diary of two novice gardeners and chicken keepers
Posted in Allotments on Nov 28th, 2008
It’s grey, foggy and cold outside this morning so, after making sure that all the pets are fed and comfortable, to cheer myself up I have ordered the seed potatoes for next year. I am using Alan Romans again as we have always received reliable quality goods from them. I have ordered one bag of Charlotte, three bags [...]
Posted in Allotments on Jan 15th, 2008
Today I ordered some cucumber seeds, Carmen, from Thompson and Morgan, as advised by a forum member. I also ordered cauliflower and tomato seeds to make the order worthwhile. The cucumber seeds are very expensive at £7.99 for five but on a special deal at the moment the most expensive packet of seeds is free [...]
Posted in Allotments on Jan 9th, 2007
Rain, rain and even more rain. Temperatures are very mild for January but there are bound to be frosts and low temperatures to come. Nothing much happening at the allotment so apart from delivering the poo for the compost all we have done is tie down fences etc which have been loosened by the high [...]
Posted in Allotments on Nov 13th, 2006
No visit to the allotment today as I had a hefty dental appointment for a root canal filling. On a brighter note, this morning the postman delivered our seeds ordered from Alan Romans and to cheer myself up this afternoon I ordered the seed potatoes for next year.
