The diary of two novice gardeners and chicken keepers
Posted in Allotments on Apr 25th, 2010
I woke up this morning to the sound of rain. We have had a couple of weeks without a drop and have enjoyed rising temperatures and sunshine which have been welcome after the coldest Winter in a decade. Ideally I would want light rain overnight every night followed by dry sunny days but unfortunately nature [...]
Posted in Allotments on Apr 13th, 2010
The Asparagus crowns have arrived from New Park Farm in Tunbridge Wells and they look very healthy. We have already prepared the bed for them and plan to get them in this week. They arrived with very detailed planting guidelines and a warning not to be tempted to cut any spears this season. (The crowns [...]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 13th, 2010
We have just ordered five crowns of Asparagus Gijnlim. I have been reading up about this vegetable which I have eaten for the first time ever and quite enjoyed. Apparently if you can get a bed established it could give you a harvest for up to twenty years. The crowns were £1.50 each and delivery [...]
