a weblog with an allotment attached
7 October 2007
My autumn onion sets arrived this week and I spent part of a lovely sunny afternoon planting them out in one of the prepared beds.
I have filled the bed set aside for them and still have about half the sets left which will now go in with my winter salads, planted close together. this […]
Filed under: Hard labour — Clare @ 11:45 am
3 October 2007
Having finished preparing the appropriate bed, I have planted my herbs out in their final positions.
L-R, back to front: rosemary, mint (buried in a large pot to prevent it from taking over); curry plant, thyme; marjoram, chives; sage, variegated sage.
The plan is that this will be a permanent bed which will also contain (to the […]
Filed under: Hard labour, Review & plan — Clare @ 7:34 pm
27 September 2007
Having leaf sacks is only half the story. As I’ve told you many times before, our garden is tiny - far too small for trees. The trees in our near neighbours’ gardens are yukky conifers that are getting taller and taller and mean we will have to politely ask that they be trimmed, […]
Filed under: Hard labour — Clare @ 11:12 am
18 September 2007
The shed is almost complete (won’t be finished now until the weekend, and even then it’ll only be if the weather’s OK) and time is pushing on. I still have to finish preparing the beds before we can give them a proper filling. I’m working my way through the largest beds to start […]
Filed under: Hard labour, Potager project — Clare @ 6:40 pm
3 June 2007
Today it has been scorching hot. Like yesterday, it was far too hot to be working in the garden. Unlike yesterday, we did work in the garden. All day. We have a redesign to get on with and it won’t get done if we just sit around enjoying ourselves. Oh […]
Filed under: Hard labour, Potager project — Clare @ 6:47 pm
1 June 2007
After my relaxing day yesterday, the plan today was for me to be an unstoppable force in front of the keyboard. I have a work deadline in two weeks and still have 3000 words left to write, so it’s about time I discovered the prolific writer within.
It was not to be. I read, […]
Filed under: Hard labour — Clare @ 6:24 pm
21 May 2007
Tonight we tiptoed down to the plot for the first time in over a month. A month that has seen plentiful rain and some nice fat dollops of sunshine. Perfect rampant weed weather. The sight that greeted us when we arrived was enough almost to send us sprinting back home sharpish - […]
Filed under: Hard labour — Clare @ 6:31 pm
31 March 2007
We’re back from a long day at the plot, feeling tired and happy. I can tell you briefly that today we have
dug over innumerable beds
weeded the onions and garlic
planted out lettuce seedlings
transplanted pot-sown broad beans
pulled up all remaining leeks and donated LOADS to other allotment holders, thereby appeasing the allotment gods who will now […]
Filed under: Hard labour, Plot politics — Clare @ 4:27 pm