Planting seeds
Planting Beans
Monday, May 17th, 2010Well today (Sunday) was a really sunny day and I went to the plot to plant my broad beans. They had been getting steadily bigger all week and I didn't want them to get root bound in the pots. I know other allotment holders are worried about the frost getting their seedlings, but you have [...]
Rain
Monday, May 3rd, 2010It has been a case of dodge the rain this bank holiday. I went up to the plot to plant potatoes and the heavens opened on me with hail. So I retreated after only planting a single row. I will have another go when its not so wet.
On another note, I had ants in my [...]
Butternut Squash
Saturday, October 10th, 2009I grew these Butternut Squash from seeds I took from a supermarket bought one. I didn't for one minute think that I would be able to, but I was wrong, and happily so.
They have given me quite a lot of fruit so I am pleased all round. Squash is so good this time of year [...]
Pumpkin
Thursday, August 27th, 2009Here are a selection of my pumpkins. I know they are not orange this year, but I do have a track record of growing green ones as well.
One of these was a seed planted from a pumpkin I bought in a supermarket! Well you have to try don’t you.
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Beans
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009The broad beans are not doing so well this year. Some on an adjacent plot are about a metre tall, but mine seem not willing to grow more than 30 centimetres.
I have sown some more and will try a different position on the plot to see if they will grow better. This is the last [...]
Seeds
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009I planted these seeds last week as well. They are all good seeds for me and I usually get produce from every one. The lettuce are not tight hearts which makes them great shredded for salads.
If you pick the cauliflower early you get small sweet heads, but I am inclined to leave them until they [...]
Peas Planting
Friday, May 22nd, 2009This is me planting out the peas last week. As you can see they are the Kelvedon Wonder variety. They should be coming up in the next week or two and I will show you then how they look.
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Peas in a Pod
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009I have gone and done it and planted peas this year. I am not trusting them to the soil as mice ate them last year. I have a cunning plan this year……..
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Cauliflower
Friday, May 15th, 2009I’ve set the cauliflower yesterday and have put them somewhere warm until they can go out. I don’t like leaving anything out in this weather to be honest. It’s just not summer yet and too cold/windy for them.
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Lettuce
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009Today I planted out the lettuce. I have used a grow bag and the cold frame in order to get around the problem of the wind and the not so warm weather at the moment.
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Eryngium
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009Today I am planting my Eryngium Alpine Sea Holly seeds.
They take between three and five months to germinate – which seems like an inordinate amount of time to me. However, they need to be kept in a plastic bag in the fridge until they germinate. So I am capitalising on the cold weather and putting [...]
Peas.
Sunday, April 13th, 2008Here I am finishing off the planting and netting of my peas.
I put net round them as the pigeons round here are quite greedy when it comes to succulent greens.
As you can see the ground is quite wet and muddy. It has rained all day on and off in heavy bursts. I have been doing [...]
