Weeding, Leeks, Strawberries, Chutneys and Jams
Computer disasters, partying on the plot and harvesting strawberries as I tackle the weeds
Computer disasters, partying on the plot and harvesting strawberries as I tackle the weeds
Been quite a busy week with meetings about rhubarb, meetings about the new NVS web site and finally down to the plot to get yet more tomatoes, clear some weeds and worry about the wind.
Tomatoes struck by botrytis and chutney making on the home front.
Tidying up the building site, cutting greenhouse glass and filling the compost bins.
The greenhouse nearly kills me and I'm not joking plus the web site I've been working on for a month finally goes live.
Yet more greenhouse building but the smaller one is very nearly finished and the big one a little further off completion. So now I have two greenhouses!
More on the greenhouse construction, Val harvesting sweetcorn and tomatoes and letters from the police regarding the intruders.
Still building the mother of all greenhouses and taking down the greenhouse next door ready to transport it to the plot.
Bill the burglar pays a visit to the site but seems to have left empty handed, thank goodness. The greenhouse gets glazed, well mostly glazed and I meet a trusting glazier plus discover how prices of greenhouse bits can vary.
More greenhouse building with a lot of help from my friends. Now it's ready for the glass.
The famous greenhouse starts to come together with a lot of help from my friends. On the home front, the kitchen is now a food preparation factory.
Harvest starts to come in and we're measuring the sweetcorn in car boot loads rather than carrier bags!
Horticultural Show, new allotment for my brother in law and how Ford Lane Allotments are being regenerated.
Sowing a green manure to confuse the potato eelworm and how did I miss all those potatoes?
Creosote and white wine, drank one and painted the greenhouse base with the other. No prizes for guessing which!
A break in the rain so to the plot where gifts were waiting. I get a second greenhouse and a second comfrey barrel, plus more beans ? of course!
Not a lot to report, just watering weeding and harvesting beans ? and a pretty poor show with the peas, but that's my fault.
We had a little rain, making compost and restoring the path with wood chippings.
My absence explained and the harvest continues as does the dry weather.
Watering and weeding again, this time controlling the horsetail before it takes over the plot.