The diary of two novice gardeners and chicken keepers
Posted in Allotments on Aug 23rd, 2010
Surprisingly the pear tree is a relative of the rose and the quince. Of our three pear trees in the garden only one has given us a decent amount of fruit this year. The Red Williams, a Minarette, did have three baby pears but only one has reached maturity. It is a corker however and [...]
Posted in Allotments on Jun 18th, 2010
Today we have planted fifteen Celeriac Monarch plants which were given to us by a friend of Robs at the Post Office, They were tiny seedlings when he gave them to us and I potted them on to make good sturdy plants. We have never grown or eaten these before so I shall be doing [...]
Posted in Yoga on Apr 23rd, 2010
Yoga is my latest passion. I have been thinking about trying it for years and done nothing about it but on Mother’s day this year Deb and Sean, my son and his partner, got me all enthused again. Deb has been going twice a week for about a year now and can’t recommend it enough. The lady that I was [...]
Posted in Allotments on Apr 22nd, 2010
Following the non-germination of my other sweetcorn I have bought some Sweetcorn Northern Extra Sweet to try again. I shall just germinate the kernels by putting them between two pieces of damp kitchen towel then put them directly into the bed on the allotment. They cost nothing as they were free when I bought five packets [...]
Posted in Allotments on Apr 12th, 2010
Brussel Sprouts are a good source of Thiamin, Riboflavin, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus and Copper, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Vitamin B6, Folate, Potassium and Manganese. Today we planted up the new brassica cage with twenty Brussel Sprout plants and fifteen Cauliflowers. We gave them a feed of [...]
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 3rd, 2010
This afternoon I have sown ten modules of the tomato Gardeners Delight. This is a reliable favourite producing tasty smallish fruit that all our family enjoy. Germination should be in seven to ten days and plants should be moved to a 7″ pot when roots are seen at the bottom of the module. They should [...]
Posted in Allotments on Apr 2nd, 2010
Over the last few weeks I have sown a succession of runner beans. The White Lady were saved seeds from last year so they are familiar to me and I know they will give a good harvest and be good to eat when picked young and tender. The Blue Lake I have bought this year [...]
Posted in Allotments on Nov 19th, 2009
We surprised even ourselves when we came home with two trays of goodies on our last visit to the plots. I gathered a few tomatoes from the lean to and have left the plants intact as they have quite a bit of fruit still green. I don’t suppose they will ripen but we will give [...]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 8th, 2008
I had fifteen cardboard tubes already half filled with seed compost so this morning I have sown ten Sweetcorn Two’s Sweeter bought from alanromans.com 50p for 25 seeds. I shall sow the other seeds at a later date as I have read that F1 Hybrids will all mature at the same time. Originally a native of sub-tropical [...]
