We watered all the plants in the greenhouse on Saturday and then on Sunday morning we went down early - the weather was lovely and really quite warm. We planted the maincrop potatoes (Cara and Sante), 3 rows of 5 potatoes and then 1 row of 5 potatoes in another bed. Everything is doing well in the greenhouse, still no sweetcorn, green beans or borlotti beans through yet. There are no sign of the peas outside yet but the new broad beans are beginning to come through.
Henry's redcurrant bush is covered in flowers, as are the apple trees and the gooseberry bushes. Graham arrived after we had been there a while and gave us some parsley and some rocket as well so we have planted them in the greenhouse.
This afternoon we sowed some radish and some lettuce leaves in the guttering Uncle Nige got for us. Then we sowed a small tray of rocket and some flowers (Petunia, Sweet peas and Mesbrymanthemums (or something like that !!!)). All of these we are keeping at home for easy picking !
Sunday, 25 April 2010
Sunday, 18 April 2010
Weekend of 17/18th April 2010
Only watered yesterday and collected a load of rhubarb to make jam with but this morning Henry and I went down and the weather was lovely. We sat outside the shed and planted trays of borlotti beans, Kale (Cavolo Nero - from Rachel at work), climbing french beans (Corona D'Oro), lettuce and sweetcorn. We had a lovely time, watered everything and most things are through now which is great. We watered the chard, peas, spinach outside and harvested one of the leeks for tea.
This afternoon when tidying up the back garden we noticed that one of the potatoes (Amorosa) has come through which is good to see !
This afternoon when tidying up the back garden we noticed that one of the potatoes (Amorosa) has come through which is good to see !
Sunday, 11 April 2010
Weekend of 9th-11th April 2010
We went down on Friday as Daddy had the day off to spend with us. He measured up the shed so we could put a shelf in on Saturday and I checked on the trays in the greenhouse. We took the tomato plants down and planted them, the chillies and peppers are still too little to go in properly yet though I think, so they are in the greenhouse but in their pots.
On Saturday we went down, dug a load more manure into the empty beds, sowed a tray of Greyhound Cabbage and also a tray of January King cabbage. Some beetroot, lettuce and broccoli seedlings were coming through already which was nice to see :-) Daddy and Henry fixed the shelf up in the shed and we had a good sort out of all the stuff in it and tidied it up nicely. Daddy also put some nails up for Henry to hang his tools on. There is now plenty of room in there and it looks really neat !
We went down again on Sunday morning because the weather was so nice. Daddy and Henry used the hacksaw to cut a piece of wire that was stuck in one of the beds, and I planted a row of Hurst Greenshaft peas outside in one of the beds.
On Saturday we went down, dug a load more manure into the empty beds, sowed a tray of Greyhound Cabbage and also a tray of January King cabbage. Some beetroot, lettuce and broccoli seedlings were coming through already which was nice to see :-) Daddy and Henry fixed the shelf up in the shed and we had a good sort out of all the stuff in it and tidied it up nicely. Daddy also put some nails up for Henry to hang his tools on. There is now plenty of room in there and it looks really neat !
We went down again on Sunday morning because the weather was so nice. Daddy and Henry used the hacksaw to cut a piece of wire that was stuck in one of the beds, and I planted a row of Hurst Greenshaft peas outside in one of the beds.
Monday, 5 April 2010
Easter Monday - April 5th 2010
We went back down to the allotment again this morning as the weather was OK. We dug over all of the remaining beds so they are ready for when we need to use them. When we went down on Saturday we didn't manage to plant the 2 trays of cabbage (we ran out of compost so we're ordering some more and some manure too which should be delivered later this week). Next weekend if the weather is good we are hoping to put the tomato plants into the greenhouse and sow some more trays of seeds, and also a row of Swiss Chard and Spinach outside. We didn't sow a row of peas either as we thought we would wait for the manure to arrive and dig that in first.
Good news from behind us at the allotment as well - it is defintely going to be a chicken house again - it looks really good, and the hut was in this morning. It'll be nice having chickens next to us again :-)
Good news from behind us at the allotment as well - it is defintely going to be a chicken house again - it looks really good, and the hut was in this morning. It'll be nice having chickens next to us again :-)
Sunday, 4 April 2010
Easter Weekend
We all went down on Good Friday morning before the rain came. We put the manure in the bed we are using for potatoes and also in the greenhouse. It was all dug in and watered into the greenhouse. We did some general tidying up and I planted some Sutton broad beans where the Claudia Aquadulce ones had died from the harsh winter. Hopefully the worst of the weather is behind us now.
We are off shortly (Easter Sunday) to plant 2 trays of Beetroot (Kestrel and Detroit 2 Crimson Globe), 2 pumpkin seeds (Spellbound) and 2 Squash (Little Dumpling), 1 row of Hurst Greenshaft peas directly into the soil, 2 trays of cabbage (January King and Greyhound), 1 tray of Brussels Sprouts (Bedford Fillbasket), 2 trays of lettuce (Lollo Rossa and Tom Thumb), 2 courgette plants (Italian variety Uncle Carl brought back from Italy a couple of years ago - we'll only plant 2 seeds as we will be overrun with them otherwise and we are likely to get some from Carmine !!), a tray of leeks (Musselburgh), a tray of Broccoli (Parthenon - the one that Graham gave us !), and finally a row of Spinach (Tirza), and Swiss Chard (Bright Lights) next to the remaining leeks.
We are off shortly (Easter Sunday) to plant 2 trays of Beetroot (Kestrel and Detroit 2 Crimson Globe), 2 pumpkin seeds (Spellbound) and 2 Squash (Little Dumpling), 1 row of Hurst Greenshaft peas directly into the soil, 2 trays of cabbage (January King and Greyhound), 1 tray of Brussels Sprouts (Bedford Fillbasket), 2 trays of lettuce (Lollo Rossa and Tom Thumb), 2 courgette plants (Italian variety Uncle Carl brought back from Italy a couple of years ago - we'll only plant 2 seeds as we will be overrun with them otherwise and we are likely to get some from Carmine !!), a tray of leeks (Musselburgh), a tray of Broccoli (Parthenon - the one that Graham gave us !), and finally a row of Spinach (Tirza), and Swiss Chard (Bright Lights) next to the remaining leeks.
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