The ramblings of a pair of dreamers
Posted in Allotments on Sep 17th, 2007
“Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
with fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run.”
To Autumn - Keats
The leaves are starting to fall and there is a feel of Autumn in the air this morning. I love the Autumn even though it means the […]
Posted in Allotments on Sep 15th, 2007
A late visit and the plots were deserted. I ventured into the sprout cage to tidy up and was greeted by a cloud of whitefly. The plants were covered with sticky mess and had obviously been acting as a maternity suite for the dreaded pest. I plodded through taking off the lower leaves and the […]
Posted in Allotments on Sep 3rd, 2007
Violet was one of our three first chickens and today I noticed she was having problems with one of her legs. She was hopping about on one foot and falling over on to her side. Chickens aren’t too sympathetic when one of their own is sick or infirm. They usually pick on the sick one […]
Posted in Allotments on Sep 2nd, 2007
Today was Rob’s 40th birthday and we had a great day. The boys bought him some new tools, a fork, a spade and a hoe so he was really pleased. We went down to the allotment to test them out.
Rob dug up a few more rows of potatoes and the yield was terrible. Most of […]
There are 173 Posts and 1 Comments so far.
