a weblog with an allotment attached
5 February 2006
Good germination news - Purple Calabash are poking their heads through…
I have put my potatoes in trays for chitting. This year the selection I bought includes Valor, Robinta, Colleen, Orla and Milva, all of which we grew last year and had very good results with. Mind you, I also ordered extra and we [...]
Filed under: Hard labour, Sowings, Today's Bible — Clare @ 3:44 pm
29 January 2006
Here are a few things in no particular order that, had anyone asked me on Friday morning what I might get up to this weekend, would never have featured in my answer:
1) Whooped with delight to discover, upon arriving at our plot today, that half of it has been rotovated.
Way back in October we had [...]
Filed under: Hard labour, Sowings — Clare @ 5:10 pm
20 January 2006
You might remember that I received a whole load of seed last week. Some of you have been wondering what I ordered and what I’ve got around to doing with it. Well, I’ve been flexing my list-writing muscles and hoping that I would find some time to actually open a packet or two. [...]
Filed under: Sowings — Clare @ 11:15 pm
9 October 2005
My allotment morale has been rather autumnal, as the optimism and energy of summer fade and I am faced with dull, wet, grey weather, and the nights begin drawing in. I think I have been finding managing the allotment particularly difficult as I try to find my way in my very challenging, ovewhelming and [...]
Filed under: Dos & Don'ts, Sowings — Clare @ 5:25 pm
31 May 2005
I got up at 5:30am today!
Regular readers (and there are some of you out there!) will remember that I’m not at all good in the mornings and so this is a big achievement for me. What’s more, this is the second time this month I’ve done it!
And what have I been up to in [...]
11 April 2005
I managed to persuade Owen that he really would enjoy a trip down to the allotment today to help me with the continuing sheet mulching. Well, it’s a nice day and he needed the fresh air. Besides, if I hadn’t twisted his arm he’d just have sat at home beautifying his blog. [...]
Filed under: Hard labour, Sowings — Clare @ 4:35 pm
10 April 2005
More sowing today. No, of course I’m not an addict. What are you talking about?
More sunflowers (as yesterday) - the garden is going to be full of big smiles!
Squashes: Butternut; Turk’s Turban; Ben’s surprise (a gift from Ben down the allotments - they’re ‘big, firm-fleshed and lots of different colours’, apparently).
And some chamomile [...]
Filed under: Sowings — Clare @ 4:15 pm
9 April 2005
Taking it a bit easy today, and yet we’ve been remarkably productive. We’ve tidied up the - ahem - patio, moving, changing, cleaning, emptying pots and so on. It all looks rather lovely and inviting. If only the weather were warm enough that we could eat out there. I’m hopeful that [...]
Filed under: Sowings — Clare @ 5:03 pm