The diary of two novice gardeners and chicken keepers
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 attracting the [...]
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 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 Apr 11th, 2010
We spent a lovely few hours at the plot this morning and caught up on loads of jobs. We put in the last of the potatoes which were the second batch of Charlotte and British Queen.
We planted up the three courgette plants All Green Bush and put a polythene cover over until the plants are [...]
Posted in Allotments on Feb 11th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Allotments on May 29th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Allotments on Apr 2nd, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Allotments on Oct 6th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Allotments on Nov 11th, 2007
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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