The diary of two novice gardeners and chicken keepers
Posted in Allotments on Apr 19th, 2009
We have taken the Cucumber plant, Carmen, and installed it in the lean to. It is surrounded by a fleece to protect it until it gets established.
The first of the Tomato plants is also in there. It is a Black Cherry, one of our favourites from last year.
After getting the ground to a fine tilth [...]
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 window sill in [...]
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