The diary of two novice gardeners and chicken keepers
Posted in Allotments on May 7th, 2011
After weeks of dry weather the rain came with a vengance last night accompanied by thunder and lightening. It is still raining steadily today but a nice fine rain that is ok to work in. I have put the flower seedlings into their final bed now and they look happy and will bed in nicely if this [...]
Posted in Allotments on Sep 13th, 2010
We had the usual glut of courgettes this year and I have used some of them in this recipe, given to me by Marie, my Yoga teacher. 3 table spoons of olive oil 2 medium Courgettes thickly sliced 3 large flat mushrooms sliced 4 large ripe tomatoes sliced 2 teaspoons of dried Oregano 3oz grated cheese Pre-heat [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Allotments on Apr 2nd, 2010
I have sown three seeds of Courgette Di Nizza. This is the first round courgette I have tried to grow and I am looking forward to the results. The Tonda Chiaro di Nizza courgette is also known as ‘Ronde de Nice’, a trailing vigorous plant with an unusual spherical zucchini with a light green, thin [...]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 3rd, 2010
This afternoon I have sown four seeds of the Courgette All Green Bush. They are in a 7″ pot with a polythene cover and standing on the computer box for a little bottom heat. (Germination update – these seeds germinated very well with three out of four making a good plant so thumbs up for [...]
