The ramblings of a pair of dreamers
Posted in Allotments on Feb 28th, 2008
28th February - This morning was very traumatic as Puddles, our lovely white Call drake, was poorly when I let him out of his bedroom. My first fear was that he had broken his neck somehow as he was very distressed, unable to stand and threshing about as though he were having a convulsion. I […]
Posted in Allotments on Feb 26th, 2008
A plastic cell tray containing 24 sprout seeds, Brussel Sprout Noisette, is now sitting on the window ledge along with a 7″ pot of Leeks Musselbrough.
Posted in Allotments on Feb 25th, 2008
I have bought a few plants in the past of the Hymalayan Blue Poppy but never had one survive in my garden. I have been doing a bit of research on the internet and have been amazed at how many cultivars, I think thats the right word, there are of this beautiful flower. Not being […]
Posted in Allotments on Feb 25th, 2008
This morning I have sown 24 Busy Lizzie seeds in a modular propogator tray and they are now sitting on the window ledge. I have often bought these from the garden centre as small plants but have never grown them from seed. I haven’t seen this particular variety before. They were bought from Alan Romans […]
Posted in Allotments on Feb 22nd, 2008
Earlier this week my broody ATE my precious Silkie bantam eggs. This has never happened to us before and we were gutted.
Today I have sown some seeds of Rudbeckia bought from Alan Romans 50p for 50 seeds. I needed a bit of cheering up after the week we have had which I won’t go into […]
Posted in Allotments on Feb 15th, 2008
Later on this morning I assembled the hanging baskets bought yesterday from Aldi, two red and two white, at £4.99 each. They were bought on behalf of my son and his partner for their new house which luckily already has four brackets fitted to the wall. One tiny pink shoot was all the evidence of […]
Posted in Allotments on Feb 15th, 2008
This morning I have received a special delivery from Royal Mail. Six hatching eggs from Middlemuir Poultry up in Scotland. After a few hours to settle they will be set under Star, one of my white Silkies, in the broody pen. The eggs are a mixture of black, blue and cuckoo Silkie bantams. I have given […]
Posted in Allotments on Feb 11th, 2008
Visitors may notice a few changes today as the server has been updated and we have added our online shop. Sorry for any inconvenience that may have been experienced overnight. http://citychickens.co.uk/chris-steves-shop/
Yesterday was a day of more clearing up as the greenhouse is now totally buckled and the glass shattered. Rob cleared all the glass up […]
Posted in Allotments on Feb 8th, 2008
Last year I grew Nasturtions along the edges of the salad bed. I sowed them directly into the ground and was overwhelmed by how vigorously they eventually grew. I saved loads of seed at the end of the season. This year I want to be a bit more in control and so have sown a […]
Posted in Allotments on Feb 5th, 2008
I recently went to my son’s new house and was amazed at how many spring bulbs he has coming through both at the back and the front of the house. Then I spotted a whole row of Hellibores under the front window all in flower and looking beautiful.
Helliborus Orientalis (Lenten Rose) Later flowering than the Christmas […]
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