Posted in Allotments on Apr 10th, 2008
I put twelve of these seeds in a 7″ pot and into a polythene bag to germinate. I have also sown a few more lettuce seeds. Little Gem, Lollo Rosso and Raddichio. The first sowing of peas I put in at home need planting out now so we intend to do that this afternoon, weather […]
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Posted in Allotments on Apr 7th, 2008
Today I sowed 18 Borlotto Lingua di Fuoco, climbing bean Firetongue. It is an Italian speciality bean and can be used fresh as young pods, semi mature beans or dried.
I also put about 40 Pea Starlight in to soak. We sowed these last year but didn’t get a very good crop as we were late […]
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Posted in Allotments on Apr 4th, 2008
After poor Misty had sat tight for 24 days I finally decided to check the eggs and found that none of them had developed. We are gutted as this is the second brooding disaster we have had this year. I was so looking forward to seeing the Wyandottes. The incubator is now on day 3 […]
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