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Norfolk Allotment: March 2008
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Monday, 17 March 2008. We Have A Green Light! It's Go Go Go for our allotment now! I received a phone call from the allotment organiser yesterday. The previous user of our plot has said that he's now finished completely, and whatever is left there is ours to do with what we will. Links to this post. Sunday, 2 March 2008. Guinea Pig Pooh, Cock Theft and Kronenbourg. Crime hits the allotments. Scumbags raid the gardens…. So, what did I do today? I collected the peelings (I have my own tubs now, see pic) fr...
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Norfolk Allotment: The Slug-Hunter General....
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Friday, 30 May 2008. Sam helped me install and prime our anti-slug beer traps today, and did a jolly good job too. I sold the allotment trip to him on the pretext that we needed to bring the wheelbarrow home for me to take the sunflowers to the garden on Sunday. When he heard about the slug traps he was completely up for it. As we were about to leave Sam took himself off for a tour of the plot, and stopped beside the raspberries. "Look Daddy, this one's as tall as me! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Norfolk Allotment: Introducing Mister Robin
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Thursday, 29 May 2008. I have a new workmate at plot 1265 - he's not very talkative though, and doesn't talk about football much. His brain is, literally, the size of a pea.oh right, I understand, he's probably a Man U fan. There's a robin joining me on the garden these days, which is absolutely lovely! He's really friendly and comes closer than you'd expect a wild bird to - but won't pose for a photo. The two pics here are - really! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I Join It Up! And Some Bad News.
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Norfolk Allotment: Raspberries! Lettuces! No Parsnips Though....
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Monday, 9 June 2008. Sunday was a hot day on Plot 1265, but rewarding too. For a start, there are the first few Raspberries appearing at the tops of some bushes, which I tied up to poles which were whacked into the ground using Genial Gerry's on-loan lump hammer. Sam's new bird-scarer now has a temporary home guarding the burgeoning fruit, unitl he decides where he wants to put it himself. Towards the end of my visit I actually made a start on The Jungle! I had felt quite despondent when I first arrived,...
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Norfolk Allotment: April 2008
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Monday, 28 April 2008. Threat Of) Rain Stops Play. After work today I got back on the allotment, trying to make more progress with the carrot/parsnip/leek strip. And I did get more done, but it's frustratingly hard work. The compacted end is getting more solid the further along I get, and I've now had to resort to cutting strips into the ground with the spade, parallel to the direction I'm digging in, and shaving off 5 centimetre slices of rock solid soil before bashing it into pieces. Links to this post.
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Norfolk Allotment: Cold, Wet, And That's Just Just The Soil
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Monday, 26 May 2008. Cold, Wet, And That's Just Just The Soil. It was extremely horrible (but traditional) Bank Holiday weather today, but I am proud to report that I did make it to the allotment for an hour. Admittedly I didn't get a great deal done, but what I did do I won't have to do tomorrow! And at least the first of the carrots and all the parsnips (complete with VERY wonky rows) are now in. Hoping for better weather tomorrow, but not expecting it. Sun Jun 09, 02:48:00 pm. I Join It Up!
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Norfolk Allotment: We Pick Lettuces!
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Sunday, 15 June 2008. Our first ever home-grown food! I thinned out the Little Gems today and harvested a goodly amount of surplus lettuce. I've kept most for my lunches this week, gave three heads to Sam's mummy, and a seed tray full to an extremely foxy lady from King's Lynn who donated some items to our allotment earlier in the week. Thanks Susie, hope you enjoy our lettuce! So A fruitful day. Lots of hard work ahead. Maybe even starting tomorrow, if I'm not too spent. Mon Jul 14, 11:37:00 am. Must ch...
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Norfolk Allotment: February 2008
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Friday, 29 February 2008. What About Your Carbon Footprint? Slight soul-destroying moment yesterday on the allotment, when it was demonstrated that technology is better than graft. I was consuming what would shortly become compost accelerant and reading what would very soon become compost - it's a tough job but someone's got to do it. And yelled "Giving the ozone layer a break now! You can see Paul and his infernal engine in the background in the top picture. Links to this post. Sunday, 24 February 2008.