Yearly Archives: 2011

New Mower & Doing the Job Properly

Fixing up the water butts properly this time, new lawnmower and a veg plot report.

Allotments on Ebay

Maidenhead intends to auction allotment plots to the highest bidder. Disgraceful.

Choosing A Greenhouse

Picking out a greenhouse for the veg plot after leaving our other greenhouses behind.

Metal Shed, Chainsaw & Stony Soil

New tool shed was hardly self-assembly. Bad news on the rocks in the stony soil.

Cold, Wet & Sciatica

Suffering with sciatica, the cause and the cure. Update on the plot and tips on housepainting.

Lime vs Fertiliser Experiment / Demonstration

A demonstration of the effect of lime versus fertiliser on grass growth on acid pasture

Propagating Strawberries

Another bed dug out and planted, 22 strawberry plants from 6 and potato questions answered.

Catching Up

Catching up on a busy couple of weeks playing tour guide.

Progress on the Plot

Progress on the veg plot, immediate plans and an experiment in the benefits of lime

End of the World Blues

Sorry – nothing to do with allotments or growing really, just a rant!

Shovelling The Smelly Stuff!

Digging yet more rocks where I didn't expect to find them and a ton of horse manure, yes!

raised bed finished

Building A Raised Bed

Building a raised bed using linkabord. Removing the rocks took the most time!

Blueberries in a Bath

A trip to The Village, cooked for by a top chef and planting blueberries in a bath

Sowing Peas

Late sowings, shopping and a method of sowing peas in half trays with perfect spacing.

Setting Up Raised Beds

Made a good start setting up the raised beds on the vegetable plot.

Drought!

Drought in the east, drowning in the west and yet more digging out the garden plot.

Foraging

Foraging. A book review - it's really rather good

Digging & Strimming

Finally got my strimmer going, bit of a rant about 'ealth an' safety and digging up rocks and yet more rocks

Was that summer?

Finally a bit of summer arrives and our bulk delivery comes as well. Although a bit of a delivery problem.

Cucumber E-Coli & Cuckoo Spit

Answering some questions on e-coli, weedkiller, cuckoo spit and onions.

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