by Neil Wilkinson | Nov 15, 2009 | Allotment
It’s been a little while since we updated the site – mostly because it’s been a little while since we could spend any time at the allotment as we have been busy with stag do’s, trail runs and allotment treasurer admin work for the last few weekends. We had another couple of hours of work to do this morning signing people up for the year but we then managed to spend a few hours tidying up the plot.
Pilla cleared up the last of the plants in the greenhouse, the only thing left in there now is a solitary fuschia plant although it is trying it’s best to look colourful. I tackled the beds at the end of the plot, removing the sprouting broccoli (bolted before we could eat it) and the red cabbage (ravaged by slugs – we did manage to take a couple of tiny heads today though).
We also removed the runner beans, they have been consisently producing tons of beans since June but there is a limit to how many you can eat or store in the freezer (Shhh… especially as one of us doesn’t really like them), so we decided to chop them down today. Also on the job list was adding last years leaf mould to the compost heap and adding this years leaves the leaf compost maker.
The last job was very exciting, i’m not going to say any more today but we’ll have some picutres and news soon.
by Neil Wilkinson | Apr 12, 2009 | Allotment
We didn’t really have any major jobs to do this weekend (and last Monday too) but it started to dawn on us during the week that we had set a lot of our seeds aside to be planted in April and now we are almost halfway through the month. This prompted a burst of planting activity today. On Friday we delicately transported the batch of seeds we’d started in the flat over the last few weeks and already today they seemed to be much happier in the greenhouse, they definitely get more light there than on our windowsill.
We are still really just guessing when to plant things and we like to get caught up in the slight panic that seems to sweep over the plots at this time of year (“oh, they have potatoes in, should we put ours in?”). So today we have sown, in no particular order:
- Parsnips
- Leaf beet
- Sugarsnap peas
- French dwarf beans
- Runner beans
- Dill
- Sage
- Basil
- Thyme
- Sunflowers
- Fuschia
- Tomatoes
We’ve had limited success starting off peppers & chillies indoors at home so we are trying some more in the greenhouse. Over the last week we have also put our potatoes in. We are experimenting with them, we have some in the beds and some in tubs.
We probably would have got more done but we had to buy some supplies from Bob at the store which entailed a walk across the site. This is not a fast process at the best of times as you tend to have a bit of a chat (and I’ll be honest here, a bit of a nosey at what everyone else is doing with their plots) but when Philippa is with you AND she is giving out shortbread then the 5 minute walk turns into an hour long meander. This is not an exaggeration.
We took the opportunity to plant some bee attracting plants that Mum gave me (thanks Mum) although one of them is looking a little bit lonely at the moment:
The rest of the plot is getting slightly more colourful everytime we go, although I have cheated slightly by taking super close up’s of these:
Garlic and shallots:
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