Chris and Steve's Weblog – City Chickens

The first brassica seeds have gone in today. In a tray of John Innes Seed compost I have sown two rows of Brussels Sprout Noisette and two rows of Evesham Special. Seedlings should appear in two to three weeks and they can be grown on until late April to May for planting out in the [...]

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Yesterday was a lovely warm day but as Rob had to work a double shift he wasn’t home until 7.45pm. We went straight down to the plots when he got back and spent a nice hour watering the plants that are under cover and the seedlings then planting more pumpkins, five Cauliflower Moby Dick, five Cabbage [...]

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Six seeds of the Cauliflower Snowball went into a root trainer today and will be germinated in cool conditions. I had sown the seeds and was desparately short of an elastic band to secure the plastic root trainer. I had the great idea of looking outside for a couple of those red ones the postman [...]

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We had a bit of a darts match on Saturday night and after Jan had shown the boys how to do it by winning the first run, Rob turned out to be top scorer by winning the final match. We had a very good night with plenty of eating, drinking and laughing. Libbie stayed the [...]

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A damp chilly day was brightened up by the sight of new green shoots on the onions and the broad beans. No sign of life as yet on the potatoes in the lean to though.
We are mostly tidying up and collecting seeds on our visits these days. However, we did bring home a nice cabbage, [...]

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