The ramblings of a pair of dreamers
Posted in Allotments on Jun 20th, 2007
All we seem to be doing at the moment is weeding and harvesting along with fighting a running battle with black flies, ants, aphids, slugs and snails to name but a few.
Last night we dug up three roots of Winston potatoes and were very disappointed with them as they had been got at by ants […]
Posted in Allotments on Jun 16th, 2007
We have had days of heavy rain and yesterday the weather excelled itself with horrendous storms. Judging by the state of the garden at home I would say there has been some damage at the plot. We shall probably go and check it out later today.
We spent two and a half hours at the plot […]
Posted in Allotments on Jun 11th, 2007
The greenhouse still isn’t finished. We went out and priced up the glass and plastic replacement panes and decided we couldn’t afford to do it just yet. We used what glass we had to glaze the walls and used netting on the roof and doorway. to be continued…
When I looked into the lean to it […]
Posted in Allotments on Jun 8th, 2007
I pulled up all the onions today. I have pickled the smaller ones tonight and the bigger ones are still in the shed to be tied up and stored. The onion beds were directly in front of the greenhouse so we have dug over the beds and marked out a path. Rob has planted a […]
Posted in Allotments on Jun 7th, 2007
We went to our favourite garden centre yesterday. Just to take Libbie to see the horses and ducks. Came home with a pot of 10 runner bean plants, 2 melon plants and a hot pepper called Apache. We couldn’t resist a pot of sweet peas for £1 to add to the teepee and a few […]
Posted in Allotments on Jun 5th, 2007
Rob worked really hard today laying the footings for the greenhouse. In the end he used the concrete blocks given to us by Frank and they fitted perfectly. The weather was scorching and the job wasn’t easy as plot 8 in on a slope. It’s all finished now and the metal frame is sitting on […]
Posted in Allotments on Jun 3rd, 2007
The greenhouse is at the plot and the frame has been built up. Stirling work by Glenn with assistance from Roy and Janice. Two panes of glass got broken in transit so we shall probably replace them with polycarbonate panels with a view to eventually changing the whole lot. The next job is to lay […]
Posted in Allotments on Jun 2nd, 2007
It has been a very hot day today and we weren’t able to get down to the plot till this evening. Too late to save the aubergine, pepper, pumpkin and brassica seedlings in the small plastic greenhouse. Even though I stood them all in some sun warmed water I think we have lost them. On a […]
Posted in Allotments on Jun 1st, 2007
For all the gifts you’ve given me
For all I am and strive to be
For every hour of every day
In all I think, or do, or say
For all I know, for all you’ve done
Forever more, I thank you Mom
http://www.worldofremembrance.com
Today would have been my Mother’s birthday and it has made me think that perhaps the reason […]
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