I feel for George, he's been there years and the water is not dispersing....
Wednesday 27 June 2007
What a difference a day makes...
Well yesterday at 4pm I got disheartened 'cause my whole allotment was under 2 feet of water and I didn't know what to expect. Went down tonight and that has gone, still boggy but largely gone. I was stunned it went so fast.
But then I walked around the site and some peeps are still under 2 feet of water. I actually took a pic (below) of George getting his rotovator out the shed to dry it out. Poor guy put corrigated iron 2 feet down to stop weeds and it's stopped the water draining.
I got some veg out today which made me real happy.
Pic of veg above.
Sunday 10 June 2007
Weeded, weeded and weeded some more.
Took the cover off my brassicas as they were getting too large for it and there was no give on the wondermesh. They are large enough now not to worry about birds etc.
Broads are almost ready for picking, maybe another 2 weeks.
(see pic) Picked a beetroot and a new carrot to see how they were doing. Well the carrot I could have used as a toothpick but the beetroot was ok, small but will taste sweet and nice. At least I now know the carrots will be ready soon.
Spinach continues to bolt but once flowers removed it grows very fast indeed. Thinned out the swede's which have pretty much all germinated. Runner beans now established and growing nicely. All main crop carrots are a couple of inches and all main pots up and growing. Some are getting flowers already, not sure why that is or whether its normal.
At home 1 strawberry is ready for picking although its grown a strange shape. Tomato's are growing well but I'm not sure whether the flowers are being pollinated or not. Used a brush on them so hope they'll be ok. Courgette's are now growing and about to flower, looks like courgette on toast for Sunday brunch for a while.
Curly Kale almost ready for putting out but it's in roottrainers so there is no rush. Leeks also ready for putting out and both of these will go in place of new pots once they are eaten. And I've been eating alot of them, they are lovely.
Monday 4 June 2007
Over the weekend....
Frost on Monday and Tue has hurt my new pots and they are dying off on the top. I dug one up to see what was under and found a lovely batch of Annabelle ready to pick, so have been eating them ever since. Got enough for a couple of months but not sure how the plants will survive with the frost damage.
Pretty much all my Spinach had bolted so removed the emerging flowers. Took a cutting from the Spinach also as the leaves were fairly large around the outside. Not tried it yet but shall tonight, it's Bloomsdale.
Thinned the beetroot to their final positions and added the leaves to a salad, tasted quite strong for such a small leaf.
Broad bean pods are now 4 inches on my first sown batch so will have some soon, all plants are over 3 feet and the ones I've not pinched out are still growing so put some more string around as my plot is fairly open and windy.
Sprouts and Broccoli all getting large will soon have to remove the wondermesh as it's not big enough to give it more height. I'll stick some cabbage collars around then I think but the biggest worry is blackbirds, they've really hit my neighbours.
Put my runner support up and planted the beans. Glad I left it til now as most beans already out on the site have died with the frosts.
The half row of cabbage I put in has not germinated very well, not yet anyway but the row of Swede has almost all come up.
Strimmed down the sides of the allotment and around the shed, it really was getting quite bad but looks alot better now. Have some weed suppresser to put down but didn't get the chance this weekend.
At home, Thinned the Kale in my roottrainers as had put 2 in each. Not much else growing there now, except chilli's and salad bits.
I'll add some pics to the blog later today.
Frost on Monday and Tue has hurt my new pots and they are dying off on the top. I dug one up to see what was under and found a lovely batch of Annabelle ready to pick, so have been eating them ever since. Got enough for a couple of months but not sure how the plants will survive with the frost damage.
Pretty much all my Spinach had bolted so removed the emerging flowers. Took a cutting from the Spinach also as the leaves were fairly large around the outside. Not tried it yet but shall tonight, it's Bloomsdale.
Thinned the beetroot to their final positions and added the leaves to a salad, tasted quite strong for such a small leaf.
Broad bean pods are now 4 inches on my first sown batch so will have some soon, all plants are over 3 feet and the ones I've not pinched out are still growing so put some more string around as my plot is fairly open and windy.
Sprouts and Broccoli all getting large will soon have to remove the wondermesh as it's not big enough to give it more height. I'll stick some cabbage collars around then I think but the biggest worry is blackbirds, they've really hit my neighbours.
Put my runner support up and planted the beans. Glad I left it til now as most beans already out on the site have died with the frosts.
The half row of cabbage I put in has not germinated very well, not yet anyway but the row of Swede has almost all come up.
Strimmed down the sides of the allotment and around the shed, it really was getting quite bad but looks alot better now. Have some weed suppresser to put down but didn't get the chance this weekend.
At home, Thinned the Kale in my roottrainers as had put 2 in each. Not much else growing there now, except chilli's and salad bits.
I'll add some pics to the blog later today.
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