Homemade's late start.Homemade's late start.Brought and chitted pink fir, rocket and maris piper potatoes and brought onion sets in march in the hope of getting an allotment.
Got the allotment Friday. Marked out and weedkillered Yesterday, Brought seed. Today, Removed turf and forked over plot no 1. Will be sowing various in the greenhouse this afternoon. Quand je serai vieille je vais vivre en France
Sunny Clucker, she came, she saw, she moved on! Re: Homemade's late start.Good start made there, well done
Re: Homemade's late start.Interesting to see your progress. It looks a lovely plot of land.
Re: Homemade's late start.You seem to be making good progress, give yourself a pat on the back
Dont ever grow up, its a trap
Re: Homemade's late start.This morning before the rain got too bad we planted onion sets and broad bean plants. Strung up some cds as bird scarers. Quand je serai vieille je vais vivre en France
Sunny Clucker, she came, she saw, she moved on! Re: Homemade's late start.The weedkiller has worked and hubby has been busy up on the allotment most days, in between showers, digging over and then covering with weed suppressant fabric.
Today we went up in the rain because we didn't want to put off any longer. As we havent dug over the whole area we can access the beds without treading on them. It all looks a bit scruffy but it should work. We planted two rows of early potato Rocket, one row of Pink Fir potato, a block of autumn and winter leeks, and sowed mange toute and early peas. This afternoon I have sown Rhubarb and Asparagus for cropping next year onwards. There are a lot of seed in the packet so I figure that I can grow more than I need eventually and crop some in the first year as they can be sacrificed. I have my tomatoes planted up in the greenhouse, Beefsteak, Ordinary, Red Cherry, Gold Cherry and Black cherry. I spent money on the big grobags as I have found that they work best. Also in the greenhouse growing well are Sweetcorn, Range of Brassicas, Chard, Spinach, Chillies, Basil, Coriander, Dill, Runner and french beans. Photos to follow when photobucket starts working again. Quand je serai vieille je vais vivre en France
Sunny Clucker, she came, she saw, she moved on! Re: Homemade's late start.Progress so far. Quand je serai vieille je vais vivre en France
Sunny Clucker, she came, she saw, she moved on! Re: Homemade's late start.And in the house chillies and pumpkin
And greenhouse Beans and sweetcorn Squash, cucumber, brassicas, onions and flowers Tomatoes ( some for allotment or to sell) Coriander Quand je serai vieille je vais vivre en France
Sunny Clucker, she came, she saw, she moved on!
Re: Homemade's late start.Such a lot of hard work starting from scratch but you are really moving things on . I am a bit fed up with seeing tidy greenhouses - why doesn't mine stay that way ?
It will be alright in the end , if its not alright, it isn't the end .
Quote from the proprietor of the The best exotic Marigold Hotel for the elderly and beautiful Re: Homemade's late start.What a great job your doing Homemade, you will get your reward when your eating fantastic tasting fruit and veg.
Dont ever grow up, its a trap
Re: Homemade's late start.All the potatoes in, some pea sticks up. Most beds dug and some carrot / beet seed in. Hubby has been busy between the rain. Quand je serai vieille je vais vivre en France
Sunny Clucker, she came, she saw, she moved on! Re: Homemade's late start.Looks great Homemade..I feel tired just looking at it
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Re: Homemade's late start.Spent a busy weekend getting evrything out of pots and into the lottie.
Planted, cougettes, pumpkin, gourd, sweetcorn, tomatoes, brassicas and cucumbers up the lottie and beans, lettuce, herbs, chard, spring onions and spinach in the garden. All the potatoes are up , some peas, carrots and beet. Put in pea sticks round everything and fruit netting over the brassicas cos the pigeons this year are a real menace! Quand je serai vieille je vais vivre en France
Sunny Clucker, she came, she saw, she moved on! Re: Homemade's late start.The weedkiller has worked well on the grass and docks but I see there is bindweed coming through now.
Have been so far behind at home that I have just weedkillered the bindweed in the veg plot and planted the runner beans without digging the plot over fingers crossed. Quand je serai vieille je vais vivre en France
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