Harvesting Sweetcorn, Runner and French Beans and Pumpkins
Harvest starts to come in and we're measuring the sweetcorn in car boot loads rather than carrier bags!
Monthly Archives: August 2006
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Horticultural Show and Allotment Regeneration
Horticultural Show, new allotment for my brother in law and how Ford Lane Allotments are being regenerated.
Green Manure to Confuse Potato Eelworm
Sowing a green manure to confuse the potato eelworm and how did I miss all those potatoes?
Creosote and White Wine
Creosote and white wine, drank one and painted the greenhouse base with the other. No prizes for guessing which!
Second Greenhouse and Carrots
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!
Weeding and Watering
Not a lot to report, just watering weeding and harvesting beans ? and a pretty poor show with the peas, but that's my fault.
Making Compost and Woodchip Paths
We had a little rain, making compost and restoring the path with wood chippings.
Beans, Squash and Courgettes
My absence explained and the harvest continues as does the dry weather.
Watering and Controlling Horsetail or Marestail
Watering and weeding again, this time controlling the horsetail before it takes over the plot.
Horse Manure, The Fertiliser
Shovelling lots and lots of horse manure after a bit of weeding.
Runner Beans, French Beans, Weeding and Thinning
Bit of rain, some beans and a lot of weeds. Also a fun little competition that someone might enter.
Purple Cauliflowers, Courgettes or Marrows
Introducing, fresh from the radioactive town of Chernobyl, my single cauliflower.
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