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Allotment Tales: October 2009
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Monday, 26 October 2009. First harvest from Site 2! Well this is our first item harvested from Site 2 - a lovely cauliflower. We cut it yesterday and it was served up with our Sunday roast last night. Very nice it was too. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Thanks for popping by and don't worry about wiping the mud off your shoes. If you like what you read, then please feel free to leave a "scrap in the compost bin" especially if you have any helpful advice to offer an allotment newbie! Down on the Allotment.
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Allotment Tales: March 2010
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Sunday, 21 March 2010. New year, new planting. Yes, yes, I know. I have sorely neglected my blog and this is my first post of 2010. To be honest there hasn't been a lot to write about as the weather, until a couple of weeks ago, has been so appalling. And there have been other things which have taken precedence, hence an extended period of radio silence. The image below shows the brassica bed after it was cleared and turned over. So today has proved to be another productive day and we're looking forward ...
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Allotment Tales: September 2009
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Saturday, 26 September 2009. Snowball' turnips - today's thinnings transplanted to the right of the main turnip row. Some of our brassicas have been suffering from wooly aphids so have been sprayed. Hopefully this has dealt with the problem and the plants will recover enough to grow to maturity. The lottie today enoying late September sunshine. Sunday, 13 September 2009. Growing, weeding, watering. Yesterday was a beautiful day and perfect for doing some odd jobs at Site 2. Even though it was only 6 ...
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Allotment Tales: May 2009
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Friday, 15 May 2009. You spend ages waiting to get an allotment then, all of a sudden, two come along at once. My Folks said they would make enquiries and as it was the start of a bank holiday weekend we thought we wouldn't hear anything for some time. Well, surprise, surprise a couple of days later had a phone call to say that the plot was ours! Wow - couldn't believe how quickly this had happened. 10 - Site 2 is approx. 12m x 11m and hasn't been worked for some time. So the plan of action is to strim.
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Allotment Tales: flowers and a courgette recipe
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Saturday, 31 July 2010. Flowers and a courgette recipe. As well as all the lovely veg growing at the allotment, we've also planted up loads of flowers not just because they look pretty and add a splash of colour but in the attempt to lure the bugs and insects away from our crops. It stuck me the other day just how lovely some of the flowers are so I couldn't resist photographing them. These Nasturtiums were grown from seed. The round yellow courgette have been very successful, much to our delight as it's...
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Allotment Tales: July 2009
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Saturday, 25 July 2009. Mum planting up cabbage, Dad and Cloddigger boarding out. All our beds are marked out and mostly boarded - just need to get some more timber cut to finish them off. My Folks' half with beetroot planted in the nearest bed and cabbage in the next bed. Just need to decide now what to plant up first. Going to consult with my planting calendar to see what is suitable to go in the ground now. Tuesday, 21 July 2009. Cloddigger doing what he does best! We will be ready for planting. Groun...
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Allotment Tales: August 2009
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Friday, 28 August 2009. On Site 2 the Nicola potatoes are all doing well as are the onions. Photos on those after the weekend when we have a proper session up there. The main focus this week has been on home produce, namely plums. When we arrived back at the start of the week we were amazed that all the plums were ready to harvest. There were about 25lbs of plums to do something with. I passed a couple of pounds over to my Mum and a few were eaten, but that still left a lot to use up. Found on the Intern...
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Allotment Tales: Dad
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Tuesday, 7 September 2010. You may have noticed I've been keeping something of a low profile over recent weeks. This is mainly due to the fact that my Dad had taken ill early in August and sadly, unexpectedly, died on Tuesday 31st August 2010. As you can imagine this has been very hard for all of us in our family to come to terms with especially as, at the time of writing this, his funeral is yet to take place. 7 September 2010 at 09:33. 7 September 2010 at 13:26. 9 September 2010 at 01:17. What a lovely...
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Allotment Tales: bad blogger >:{
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Monday, 12 July 2010. Ahem, I'm back *waves*. Sorry I haven't been round much lately, no excuses to be offered just been a very poor blogger *hangs head in shame*. Please don't think I've neglected the allotment in the same manner. Oh no, no, no. Have been very good there and enjoying a very productive season so far. A photo from the weekend shows beds bursting at the seams:. I would like to think I will be less tardy with my blogging from now on, but I won't make empty promises ;). Down on the Allotment.
