The diary of two novice gardeners and chicken keepers
Posted in Allotments on Nov 1st, 2010
We potted up three raspberry canes yesterday. They were from Lidl so only £2.47 for the three. They look very healthy with a good root system but have no variety on them or any indication as to wether they are Summer or Autumn fruiting. I already have one raspberry plant given to me by my sister. [...]
Posted in Allotments on Apr 29th, 2010
Tibouchina is a large shrub native to Brazil and can grow to about fifteen feet. I bought this plant from Lidl for £1.99 without knowing a thing about it. I had never come across it before but the flower looked nice and the small plant had the look of a Clematis about it. However, on investigating [...]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 4th, 2010
An impulse buy from Lidl today. Corms for the Dahlia Bishop of Llandaff. For early flowering, tubers may be started off in boxes in April; use a light soil mixed with compost. Keep slightly moist, cool and free from frost. When the danger of frosts has passed, plant out the sprouted tubers. If used as [...]
Posted in Allotments on Feb 6th, 2009
The Cox’s Orange Pippin is England’s most famous apple variety, sweet with just the correct amount of acidity, it is packed with flavour. We bought one of these trees today from Lidl for £3.99 and plan to plant it in the scratching area of the chicken run. There used to be a big old Sorbus in there [...]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 10th, 2008
This afternoon I have sown seeds of Tomatoes, Ildi, Alicante, Moneymaker, Roma, Black Cherry and Lemon Tree. Two seeds each in small pots covered with cling film and given a little bottom heat. Heirloom tomato seed Roma is an outstanding and disease resistant variety that produces red plum tomatoes of medium size. On the [...]
