Friday, April 28, 2006

Greenhouse

Went down tonight to get everything ready for putting the glass in the greenhouse. Started making good progress and then got chatting so did not get much done. Pics and better update tomorrow if im not working.

Sunday, April 23, 2006

Spuds

Got 5 rows of spuds in, about 100!

Put 3 rows of onions in!

1 row of lettuce (cheers Sid)

And last but not least faffed about with my PITA greenhouse for far too long. (its still not finished)

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

19th April

Yesterday i picked up a greenhouse 8x6 £41.01 off ebay. Was a PIA to take down as it was concreted in :-(
I will make a start on putting it up this weekend!

Today I had my stitches out and bought a shed! The famous black shed is just a death trap and needs to go, despite all the old folk at the allotment telling me you can never have too many sheds. Well my 4x6 cheap as chips shed will do me just fine.

Planted my rhubarb that Terry gave to me and spread a bit more donkey muck to make way for my pallet compost heap.

Will post more at the weekend with some pics, currently lost the data cable for my phone.

Monday, April 17, 2006

Sunday, April 16, 2006

Celeriac

Just bought myself a packet of celeriac seeds! I have no idea what they taste like and not really sure how to cook it but still.....

Saturday, April 15, 2006

14th April

Not much to update at the moment due to me having a mole off my back and having 5 stitches. They are coming out next Wednesday so progress is very slow!

I managed to get a row off onions put in, which were given to me by Gordon. The water has not been switched on yet so i had to borrow a can of water from Mal. (Must remember to get another water butt and fill it up before the tap gets switched off at the end of the year. And most importantly make a lid for the barrel so the water does not get contaminated)

Spuds will be going in Mon/Tue i hope, if i get a pass out!

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Seeds, Spuds + Rhubarb

On Sunday (09.04.06) I planted quite a few seeds. Quite a few that were in the electric propagator at the back have already started growing. Trouble is i did not label up the pots so not sure whats what lol.

The spuds are Nadine which are a second early, they will be going in after Easter. I've also got some Desiree main crop which will go in towards the end of April.

My neighbour Terry has given me some Rhubarb, I have no idea what to do with it. Best find out and get it in the ground.

Hard work begins....

I've been down to the Allotment quite a few times but end up chatting for most of the time. After speaking to a lot of people I have got an idea of what is going to go where (i think)

I have burnt most of the weeds and went back today to find my neighbour had been burning the rest of them. :-/Got a comment off someone about him not liking fires, I blamed my neighbour for it hehe.

Day 1 (05.04.06)

I had no idea the Allotment was going to be this big! Where do i start?

This is the view from my shed, my plot goes all the way upto the pile of donkey muck! Its about 50 meters long x 8 meters wide (need to double check the figures)

This is the view of my nice weeds and manky shed. When you open the door or touch it the whole thing moves from side to side. Think i will leave it be for the time being.