A view of the whole plot - 24th April 2009

Even more photos !

The raspberry bed and the flowering Aquadulce Claudia broad beans that over-wintered, with 2 rows of Rooster potatoes that were sprouting in the kitchen cupboard !!

More photos

The pots of herbs are coming through - especially the rocket. The second photo shows the peas and broad beans coming through and the chicken wire protecting the second sowing of peas fro birds !

Blossom on the apple trees !

More photos of Seed Trays !

A few photos !

Here are some photos of the chilli plants looking nice and healthy in the greenhouse, and the seed trays of Great Nanna's containing the some of the tomatoes :-)

Monday 20th April 2009

Henry and I popped down to water things in the greenhouse after I picked him up from Grandma's.

To our excitment we noticed the Tom Thumb lettuce had started to come through, and also the broccoli, in the greenhouse. Outside, more peas and broad beans were poking through the surface, and the pots of dill and parsley seem to have some small green bits poking out too !

Sunday 19th April 2009

We all went down early to the allotment this morning. Daddy & Henry got rid of alot of the big weeds behind the greenhouse and next to the chickens. Mummy planted the following in the greenhouse:

1 tray of Crystal Lemon Cucumber
2 trays of Climbing French Bean - Corono D'Oro
1 tray of Sweetcorn

We gave everything a good water in the greenhouse and shut it up.
Then Mummy planted a row of Carrots (Autumn King 2) and another row of Sutton Broad Bean and a row of Kelvedon Wonder peas. Daddy made a clever bird protector from Grandad's chicken wire he gave us last year to put over the peas. The broad beans and peas that Mummy sowed a couple of weeks ago have just started to come through.

Tuesday 14th April 2009

Henry and I visited this afternoon and sowed a lot more in the greenhouse in Great Nanna's old seed trays. We sowed:

1 tray of Lollo Rossa lettuce
1 tray of Tom Thumb lettuce
1 tray of Summer Cabbage - Greyhound
1 tray of Broccoli - Autumn Calabrese
1 tray of Courgette - Zucchini Genovese (Uncle Carl brought them back from Italy last year).

We noticed the early potatoes (Accent & Anya) had started peeking through the surface, and the rocket had started to grow in the terracotta pot.

We sowed a row of Beetroot - Kestrel in the 'Roots' bed and then gave everything a good water, and came home.

Bank Holiday Monday

Uncle Carl & Auntie Julie popped down to see the allotment today and to bring Henry his Easter present and egg ! Uncle Carl bought us two gooseberry plants which we have put in near the rhubarb, where the Blueberry used to be. He thinks one of them is a red gooseberry, so we are hoping it is !

Then Nanna & Grandad came round after having a stall at the Car Boot Sale in Chirk. They did quite well and managed to get rid of a lot of stuff they had accumulated ! They wanted to pop and see the allotment and so we went down to see it, and Mummy gave them a leek, and on the way out Graham called us over and gave them a cabbage from his greenhouse. Nanna & Grandad rang last night and said they were the nicest tasting leek and cabbage they had had in months ! I must remember to tell Graham next time we see him !

Saturday 11th April 2009

Henry and I went down to sow the things in the greenhouse. We used Great Nanna's seed trays and now have:

a tray of Italian Pomodoro tomatoes (Uncle Carl brought these back from Italy last year for us)
a tray of Golden Cherry tomatoes
a tray of Big Boy Beefsteak tomatoes
a tray of Shirley tomatoes
a tray of Gardener's Delight tomatoes
a tray of Mixed Peppers - Carnival
a tray of Cyrano Melons

We gave everything a good water, earthed up the Rooster potatoes next to the broad beans and then went home. So I wonder how long it will take to see the first seedling :-)

Good Friday morning !

We all went down to the allotment this morning with Uncle Nige. Daddy & Uncle Nige put the new pieces of glass in, and replaced the glass panel that had cracked.

Mummy & Henry put the remaining maincrop potatoes in (Cara & Desiree), and then we planted the chilli plants we had grown at home in the greenhouse. We gave everything a good water and then came home to get ready to go to Nanna & Grandads for a meal and to stay overnight.

Henry helping with sorting the rocks and the rubbish found under the greenhouse

Sunday 5th April 2009

We all went to the allotment this morning as the weather was so nice ! Daddy was digging out the greenhouse soil and removing whatever he came across, and Henry was helping. Mummy potted up some Coriander Confetti, Rocket, Dill and French Parsley in some of Great Nana's old terracotta pots. Then Henry and I sowed a row of Carrots (Resistafly) next to the parsnips in the 'Roots' bed and also next to the radish in Henry's bed.

Then Daddy came across something really big buried in the greenhouse and so we went to pick up Uncle Nige to help us move it. Eventually they managed to get it out, a massive concrete post with rebar, and also a big iron pole !!! Phew ! Then we dug it over and put some fertiliser in there, put the concrete slabs in the middle for a footpath and it was done apart from the new glass which should be in before the weekend.

Then we watered everything and came home.

Saturday 4th April 2009 - The greenhouse gets its glass !

We picked Uncle Nige up at just gone 9 this morning and then all went down to put the glass in the greenhouse. Everything went really well, and about 10:00 Henry and I went down to the allotment shop to see what we could buy ! We chatted to Graham and Andrea and ended up with a bag of red onions to plant. Graham said the ones we over-wintered would be ready to come out the ground in June and these would then take over and be ready in September time. It cost 50p and we had 74 !!!! So we put them in the rest of the space in the bed where the leeks and radar onions are already in.

Then Uncle Nige and Henry and I went to Boyles in Pandy to get the two new glass panes, however we found they were shut on Saturday - how silly ! So we'll have to get those in the week.

But apart from those 2 glass panes the greenhouse is now finished :-)

Friday 3rd April 2009

Henry and I went down to the allotment for a while this afternoon as Henry has now finished school for the Easter holidays ! We planted the 5 free Yukon Gold potatoes we got given for being members of the allotment shop, and we did some clearing and weeding.

We 'think' the lollo rossa lettuce are slowly coming through, but they are just too small to be able to tell yet ! Fingers crossed.