The diary of two novice gardeners and chicken keepers
Posted in Allotments on Apr 25th, 2010
I woke up this morning to the sound of rain. We have had a couple of weeks without a drop and have enjoyed rising temperatures and sunshine which have been welcome after the coldest Winter in a decade. Ideally I would want light rain overnight every night followed by dry sunny days but unfortunately nature [...]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 28th, 2010
Rob put some more potatoes in today. Two rows of Kestrel, a second early, in the ground and two bags each of Vivaldi, a main crop and Rocket, a first early. We built and planted up a new strawberry bed this morning. The plants were all from runners from our original plants so no cost involved. We [...]
Posted in Allotments on Feb 25th, 2010
I have never grown these peas before but have read such good reports about them I decided to give them a go. They are a second early so I shall put them in during March. They should be ready to harvest in 13-14 weeks. (Pod length is about 4″ with 9-11 peas in a pod. Pea [...]
Posted in Allotments on Jan 29th, 2009
This is how the peas look now after ten days. I have been sorting the tomato seeds out and find that I have twelve varieties already. I have limited space to grow them so I have to decide which ones to go with this year. Gardeners Delight and Black Cherry are both a definite yes. Lemon [...]
Posted in Allotments on Jan 19th, 2009
I bought a few potted spring bulbs from Lidl on Saturday and today I repotted the White Hyacinth to grow on indoors. The others will go outside around the damson tree. I am in love with him To whom a hyacinth is dearer Than I shall ever be dearFrom “Hyacinth”Edna St. Vincent Millay http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artapr07/bj-hyacinth.html The [...]
Posted in Allotments on Apr 11th, 2008
We managed to dodge the heavy rain yesterday afternoon and get the peas Fortune and the sweet peas planted. There were forty four pea plants and they just fitted around the inside of the old brassica cage. They will be safe from the pigeons but I am sure they will fall prey to slugs and [...]
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 [...]
