The ramblings of a pair of dreamers
Posted in Allotments on Mar 14th, 2007
Rob has gone down to the allotment to plant the Winston seed potatoes we bought from Mick Market as we realised that they were first earlies.
Winston are large tubers with moist, creamy flesh of excellent flavour. Unusually for an early variety this one is ideal for baking. Its shape and appearance make this a natural […]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 12th, 2007
Filled an 8″ black plastic pot with compost and sowed spring onion (white Lisbon) seeds. They should be ready to eat in six to eight weeks. May do the same every few weeks throughout the season.
The tomatoes sown four day ago are almost all through this morning.
We spent a very productive three and a half hours […]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 11th, 2007
“Happiness is not having what you want but wanting what you have.”
Arrived at the allotment at 8.30am to find the car park full. A bit blustery but dry and warm, perfect. We put the chicken bedding over the new brassica bed and Rob raked it over.
First stop was to check in the shed for our […]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 9th, 2007
Aubergine Mohican is a white dwarf aubergine. I have sown four seeds in small pots of compost, sealed them in cling film, and kept them indoors. I plan to grow them in black pots in the lean to. I have no idea as yet how to cook them if we get any fruit. In any […]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 8th, 2007
The seeds that I ordered from ‘Nicky’s Seeds’ were delivered this morning and I sowed three each of tomatoes Ildie and Lemon Tree. I also put four seeds of Aubergine Mohican (white) on wet kitchen towel to give them a start before planting tomorrow. It has been a dry pleasant day today for a welcome change.
Posted in Allotments on Mar 5th, 2007
After getting quite a few soft shelled eggs from Jemima, our white call duck, we have now collected five good ones which should be fertile as Puddles has definitely been doing his duty. After a very unpromising start and a couple of broken eggs Jemima now seems ready and has been installed in the broody pen under […]
Posted in Allotments on Mar 1st, 2007
Twenty seeds and a few for good luck planted in modules in damp compost and covered in clingfilm. We only have six stems of sprouts left from last season and I can only hope that the produce from these seeds is as tasty as they have been.
We popped to the plot at lunch time just […]
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