Second Prize in the Allotment Competition
Allotment Competition results in - weather cools to tolerable
Allotment Competition results in - weather cools to tolerable
Just a little harvesting today. Courgettes incredibly productive.
Rain benefits weeds..
Wet on the surface but dry under -despite the torrents of rain yesterday.
Greenhouse potatoes - nil points and a bit of work on plot 5. How not to grow potatoes in a greenhouse
New potatoes, engineering works and feeding the plants.
Earthing up the potatoes, the mechanised way.
Snatched a few hours on the plot and an hour in the potting shed.
Turning up on the wrong shift can be dangerous! Planting spuds and loading skips, plus the mystery of the green compost bin resolved.
The last few days have been fun - down to the plot, spend half an hour then run back through the rain. I'm being accused of being a weather jinx.
I must be mad! Planting out potatoes, first and second earlies.
Mechanical problems and propogating comfrey.
Fine weather for a change leads to some hard work
Sowing and transplanting today. Everything from leeks to brassicas
Visits to garden centres are nearly as dangerous as reading seed catalogs.
According to the weatherman, today is cloudy with sunny intervals. According to the window, it poured down all morning and now everywhere is soggy.
What a difference it makes to digging when the ground is dry.