The diary of two novice gardeners and chicken keepers
Posted in Allotments on Jun 18th, 2010
Once again I have brought home a large bowl of strawberries and a couple of massive butterhead lettuces. I also managed to get enough potatoes Sharps Express for a meal tonight. The potatoes have been slow to grow as we had a cold start to the season followed by a very long dry period. The [...]
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 Jun 5th, 2009
We went down to the plots last night at about eight o clock to do a bit of watering and came home with a lettuce, some raddishes and a piled high bowl of strawberries. We ate quite a lot after tea and I prepared eight boxes for the freezer. They are lovely again this year and we have [...]
Posted in Allotments on Jun 5th, 2008
Here comes the sun and here come the strawberries. We had quite a poor crop last year but this year we have an abundance of fruit so if we can beat the slugs in the race to harvest we should have enough to eat, preserve and give away. yummy…. A disappointing time for Puddles and [...]
