The diary of two novice gardeners and chicken keepers
Posted in Allotments on Apr 18th, 2009
Rob came back from his friend Glynns house bearing gifts. He had given us ten cabbage plants and some chitted Kestrel potatoes. Rob lost no time in getting them into the ground and while he was at it sowed another row of carrots. Early Nantes this time. We have had good results with these before. [...]
Posted in Allotments on Apr 15th, 2009
Rob had spent almost the whole day at the allotment while I stayed here and had a visit from the family. He has planted some more potatoes which we bought from Focus. Two bags of Majestic , which are a new variety to us and one bag of Swift which we had heard of but [...]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 29th, 2009
The remaining potatoes are in at last. It was a beautiful morning and though it was hard work we came home pleased that they were in the ground. Vivaldi and International Kidney are both favourites of ours that we have grown before. Most of our potatoes this year are either in bags or on plot 8 [...]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 20th, 2009
It has been another beautiful day today and we popped to the plots to put in the first of the potatoes. We planted the Charlotte potatoes in the green bags bought last year from the £1 shop. We brought back the final four stalks of last years sprouts. There are four lovely Savoy cabbages almost [...]
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 Nov 28th, 2008
It’s grey, foggy and cold outside this morning so, after making sure that all the pets are fed and comfortable, to cheer myself up I have ordered the seed potatoes for next year. I am using Alan Romans again as we have always received reliable quality goods from them. I have ordered one bag of Charlotte, three bags [...]
Posted in Allotments on Jan 15th, 2008
Today I ordered some cucumber seeds, Carmen, from Thompson and Morgan, as advised by a forum member. I also ordered cauliflower and tomato seeds to make the order worthwhile. The cucumber seeds are very expensive at £7.99 for five but on a special deal at the moment the most expensive packet of seeds is free [...]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 26th, 2007
This evening I planted the remaining rhubarb in the prepared bed but am not sure whether its the Timperley Early or the Champagne that has survived. We also bought another root from Wilkos for £1.50. It was called Red Canadian. Ken Muir refused to refund the cost of the one we lost and asked [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 14th, 2007
Rob has gone down to the allotment to plant the Winston seed potatoes we bought from Mick Market as we realised that they were first earlies. Winston are large tubers with moist, creamy flesh of excellent flavour. Unusually for an early variety this one is ideal for baking. Its shape and appearance make this [...]
