The diary of two novice gardeners and chicken keepers
Posted in Allotments on May 7th, 2011
After weeks of dry weather the rain came with a vengance last night accompanied by thunder and lightening. It is still raining steadily today but a nice fine rain that is ok to work in. I have put the flower seedlings into their final bed now and they look happy and will bed in nicely if this [...]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 20th, 2011
Today was another lovely day. A bit of grey cloud but warm enough for my first proper visit to the allotment. We did a lot of tidying up and digging over of beds. I brought back some bags of seed heads that had been left over the Winter to dry out. I have already put [...]
Posted in Allotments on Dec 18th, 2010
Posted in Allotments on Dec 7th, 2010
I took this photograph of the Silver Birch when the sun came up this morning.The temperature was hovering around minus six and all the trees were looking very Christmassy. images by Steve Robinson Black are my steps on silver sod; Thick blows my frosty breath abroad; And tree and house, and hill and lake, Are frosted [...]
Posted in Allotments on Dec 3rd, 2010
image by Sean Williams
Posted in Allotments on Jul 9th, 2010
We have had weeks of hot sunny weather meaning we have had to do a marathon with the watering cans but the results have been good with lots of salad, vegetables and strawberries to eat and freeze. This has been a very good year for cauliflower and cabbage but the peas have been few and [...]
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 Jun 7th, 2010
We had a massive thunder storm yesterday with torrential rain and so the plot got a really good soaking. I went down this morning for a couple of hours and put in some plants and did a bit of weeding and tying up. Everything is growing well now and we have brought home quite a [...]
Posted in Allotments on May 13th, 2010
This morning the thermometer reads minus two degrees celcius so it must have been colder during the night. Just when we needed the weather to get warmer. New plants have been put in on the plot and the first hatch of ducklings are due.
Posted in Allotments on May 12th, 2010
I have now put in my late broad bean plants and a row of leeks in the bottom bed. I have also put in the Runner Beans that have survived the slugs and hope that they survive the weather which continues to be cold and windy. Two of the tomato plants have been put in [...]
