The diary of two novice gardeners and chicken keepers
Posted in Allotments on Mar 22nd, 2008
The first flower has burst open on the new lemon tree. There are a lot of buds but it was so exciting to see the first fully open flower. It is a beautiful white star and, I think, has a really musky scent.
Posted in Allotments on Mar 14th, 2008
It is Libbie’s third birthday so we went to take her presents over. She is so beautiful and really bright. We are so proud of her. When we came home we got changed and spent an hour at the plots. Rob planted two rows of potato Rocket on plot 18 and I planted some Dhalia [...]
Posted in Allotments on Feb 25th, 2008
I have bought a few plants in the past of the Hymalayan Blue Poppy but never had one survive in my garden. I have been doing a bit of research on the internet and have been amazed at how many cultivars, I think thats the right word, there are of this beautiful flower. Not being [...]
Posted in Allotments on Feb 8th, 2008
Last year I grew Nasturtium along the edges of the salad bed. I sowed them directly into the ground and was overwhelmed by how vigorously they eventually grew. Unfortunately they stifled the smaller plants and moved over to cover the corn bed too. As the corn was high they survived and may even have benefitted [...]
Posted in Allotments on Apr 9th, 2007
We had a scary hour or so last night when I went out to put the ducks to bed and Puddles was missing. After thoroughly searching the garden and the house we extended the search to outside the perimeter of the garden fence. We had given up hope of ever finding him and Rob and Glenn were [...]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 25th, 2007
Rob planted fifteen potatoes British Queen on plot 17 while I just pottered about doing a bit of hoeing and weeding. British Queen is described as a superb flavoured mashing potato originating in Scotland. In Ireland it is known as “Queens”. It is fairly susceptible to blight but matures quite early. The flowers are white with [...]
