Well, we went down to the allotment first thing this morning and it was baking hot then ! We planted out as much stuff as we could - two lots of Cabbage - (January King and Greyhound), Sweetcorn, Kale (Black Tuscany) and then we watered everywhere where we had planted new seedlings and also in the greenhouse.
We picked 2 rocket plants to add to Mummy's salad's during the week and then we went to find Erica and Nick's plot (16), Erica was busy weeding (a large job - their quarter plot looked just like ours did when we got it !). Then after a chat and we gave them some leftover cabbage we had grown we went home and Mummy got changed ready to do the Race For Life.
Sunday, 23 May 2010
Thursday, 13 May 2010
Thursday 13th May 2010
Henry and I popped down after school today to check how things were going, despite the very cold frosty weather the beetroot and lettuce all seem to look fine. The courgettes look a bit frost bitten (or slug bitten!) If all fails we'll buy a couple of plants from the garden centre. We watered the greenhouse, picked a load of rhubarb (for Mummy to make rhubarb and custard muffins with tomorrow), and picked some rocket for Mummy's salads. We also took some photos. This first one is of Henry with his patch in the background and his newly protected redcurrant bush 
next to him !
next to him !8th/9th May 2010
We planted the lettuce out today - most of them in the greenhouse in between the tomatoes, chillies and peppers, and then the rest went into Henry's patch and next to the beetroot and also inbetween the courgettes. We did some tidying and then came home.
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Bank Holiday Monday
We planted out the 3 brussels sprouts plants - Bedford Fillbasket (next to the row of peas), and Henry's pumpkin (Spellbound) next to the Jerusalem Artichokes. Then we planted out all the beetroot (some in Henry's patch - Kestrel) and some in ours next to the potatoes (Detroit Crimson Globe 2 and Kestrel). Everything that has been outside seems to be doing quite well and in the greenhouse nearly everything is through and doing well.
We then did some re-arranging in the greenhouse so we could plant the 7 chilli plants (4 Hungarian Carrot and 3 Cayenne Yellow), and we also planted out the 2 Pepper plants (Carnival Mixed). We also planted a tray of Cauliflower (Green Trevi), and a tray of Kohlrabi (Purple Delicacy). 2 things we haven't grown before - green cauliflower and strange little purple spaceship looking things !!
We then did some re-arranging in the greenhouse so we could plant the 7 chilli plants (4 Hungarian Carrot and 3 Cayenne Yellow), and we also planted out the 2 Pepper plants (Carnival Mixed). We also planted a tray of Cauliflower (Green Trevi), and a tray of Kohlrabi (Purple Delicacy). 2 things we haven't grown before - green cauliflower and strange little purple spaceship looking things !!
Sunday, 2 May 2010
May Bank Holiday Weekend
Well, predictably the weather is nowhere near as nice as last weekend ! Of course, it is a bank holiday and that is what happens !
We went down on Friday morning to water as Daddy had the day off with Mummy, then we went down on Sunday morning. We built a frame with netting to go around Henry's redcurrant bush as there are lots of redcurrants on it, although not starting to turn red yet so we've caught the greedy birds out ! One of the gooseberry bushes is starting to produce gooseberries, the smaller 2 that Uncle Carl gave us last year don't appear to be but we need to be patient ! At least they look nice and healthy. In the greenhouse everything looks great, the borlotti beans, swiss chard, climbing french beans, sweetcorn and the kale are all through and looking great. Mummy planted the broccoli (Parthenon) out in the large bed that had potatoes in last year. We have 3 rows of them and have kept some more in the tray in the greenhouse in case anything happens to the ones we've planted out. There are quite a few more things that need planting out so we'll go down again tomorrow if the weather is nice and sort some more stuff out :-)
We went down on Friday morning to water as Daddy had the day off with Mummy, then we went down on Sunday morning. We built a frame with netting to go around Henry's redcurrant bush as there are lots of redcurrants on it, although not starting to turn red yet so we've caught the greedy birds out ! One of the gooseberry bushes is starting to produce gooseberries, the smaller 2 that Uncle Carl gave us last year don't appear to be but we need to be patient ! At least they look nice and healthy. In the greenhouse everything looks great, the borlotti beans, swiss chard, climbing french beans, sweetcorn and the kale are all through and looking great. Mummy planted the broccoli (Parthenon) out in the large bed that had potatoes in last year. We have 3 rows of them and have kept some more in the tray in the greenhouse in case anything happens to the ones we've planted out. There are quite a few more things that need planting out so we'll go down again tomorrow if the weather is nice and sort some more stuff out :-)
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