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Sowed seeds of sweetcorn in cardboard tubes. They should be germinated within two weeks for planting out in June.

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Another fine warm day and no sign of rain so we went down to the plot to water the seed beds. While we were there we sowed thirty Brussel Sprout Noisette. This old french variety is said to produce small tight red sprouts with a nutty flavour. 

The warm weather was causing everything to burst into life and it […]

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Today was the turn of the dwarf beans and a couple of unusual climbers. I sowed Dwarf French Bean Tendercrop, purple climbing bean Blauhilde and the french bush bean The Prince. Also a few black Delinel and yellow Beurre de Roi.

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We had a scary hour or so last night when I went out to put the ducks to bed and Puddles was missing. After thoroughly searching the garden and the house we extended the search to outside the perimeter of the garden fence. We had given up hope of ever finding him and Rob and Glenn were […]

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If you want your life to be a magnificent story, then begin by realizing that you are the author and everyday you have the opportunity to write a new page” — Mark Houlahan
An early start and a fine day. The allotments were busy and Rob made a start by planting the next potatoes. They were […]

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Sowed seeds of Tomato Black Cherry. Five in a four inch pot. I have put it in a polythene bag and stood it on top of my computer for a little bottom heat.

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On Friday Rob paid the rent on the two plots so now we feel that they are officially ours. He also re-built the runner bean trellis, dug new beds and generally made the plots ready for the new season. He even organised the shed. He’s really getting into this allotment business.

Today I sowed broccoli Packman […]

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