Hubby was tipped the nod the other day by our veteran neighbouring plot holder that we are in contention for ‘New Allotmenteers of the Year’…if we keep on top of the weeding. Apparently the committee have been most impressed by the sheer variety that I have managed to cram into our plot and on that [...]
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Allotment Competitions
Posted in Garden, tagged allotment competitions, allotmenteer of the year, pumpkins, sweetcorn on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Courgettes
Posted in Garden, tagged allotments, courgettes, easy to grow courgettes on June 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m proud mum to the latest addition to Pack Doughty – lots of lovely baby courgettes! I am amazed at how fast they are forming (never having grown them before). If early signs are any indication of things to come then I think they may well fast become a favourite on the plot. They were [...]
Wholesale allotments
Posted in Garden, tagged allotment waiting lists, allotments, selling allotment produce on May 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Neighbours at our allotment are very friendly, generous and helpful (if somewhat know it all…) but I do have a gripe. Our immediate neighbours have 4 plots and many other long time alloment holders there also have multiple plots. Fair enough – they’ve been there 20 years plus and why should they have to give [...]
I’m doing a rain dance
Posted in Garden, tagged allotments, dry season, london sewers on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…but nothing is happening so far. The promised heavy rain last night amounted to oh about 3 drops I believe and the dark skies today have only managed to produce a smattering of bloody drizzle so far. Just enough to warrant an umbrella whilst walking the mile to the train this morning and enough to [...]
Early Cucumbers
Posted in Garden, tagged allotments, cucumbers, home produce on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Can’t be long now before our first Telegraph cucumber is ready to eat this little baby is now about 8 inches. After multiple mishaps with our first sowings of cucumbers, we are just delighted to have managed not to kill this one before it even got beyond first leaf stage! Our cat killed 3 by [...]
Tomatoes and Cucumbers
Posted in Garden, tagged allotments, cucumbers, early sweetcorn, tomatoes on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
DH is in charge of tomatoes cucumbers and chillies this year. They had all been brought on at home for a while now and finally all made it to the greenhouse a couple of weeks ago. So these pics are a couple of weeks old – now the tomatoes have all their flowers and trusses setting, [...]
Sweetcorn planted – Gasp!
Posted in Garden, tagged allotments, sweetcorn on May 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yes, it’s true, we have thrown caution to the winds and planted out our sweetcorn. It has been in pots for weeks now and out under cloches for about 3 of them. I finally got sick of the constant demands it made for water in its pots and I turfed it out onto the plot. [...]
Nematodes Away!
Posted in Garden, tagged allotments, pest control, slug control, slug nematodes on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
hurrah! it’s finally raining. Not something you’ll hear me say that often…but I have been waiting for this rain. I need the soil to get nice and soft and damp so that I can attack my slimey friends on the allotment (not as bad as it sounds!)…I have a packet of sociable little nematodes who [...]
Our home from home
Posted in Garden, tagged allotment shed on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
we’re loving our new shed! we’ve got our gas stove and kettle and room to shelter from the rain – what more could you want? simple pleasures
A little more greenery
Posted in Garden, tagged allotments, broad beans, french beans, peas on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
little by little the once bare plot is starting to come to life. My peas and broad beans are doing well and we have a very early crop of radish ready to eat (in fact we can’t help but help ourselves whenever we’re there these days). I have also thrown caution to the wind and [...]
