Seedling watch!

There is excitement as last Saturday I planted up my first two trays of seeds! I was shocked and delighted to notice that the beetroot and all year cauliflowers are already through!!







-- Posted from my iPhone which is nothing short of a miracle!

Mini Greenhouse!

I found the poles in the shed but the original cover was rotting, so I got this clear replacement off eBay. It is alittle big but it will certainly do! Now I can grow my seedlings until they are big and strong before I move them onto the allotment! Such a simple thing, but I am so excited!!



-- Posted from my iPhone which is nothing short of a miracle!

I Am Getting Ready...

and the sun shining today has really motivated me!!!

Today I ordered 2 of these bad boys..

I have also ordered the follwoing seeds to get started in it!!

AUBERGINE - EGG PLANT - BLACK BEAUTY 250 ITALIAN SEEDS,
SWEET PEPPER - BIG RED - 100 SEEDS,
PEA - KELVEDON WONDER - 300 SEEDS (EARLY AND MAIN CROP),
BEETROOT - RUBY QUEEN - 400 FINEST SEEDS,
CAULIFLOWER - ALL YEAR ROUND - 500 FINEST SEEDS,
TOMATO - RIESENTRAUBE - CHERRY VARIETY - 100 SEEDS

I am very excited!

Don't Miss A Thing

Just below my profile on the right, there is an option so that you can follow this blog.

The excitement, I can imagine, is almost too much as the thought of never missing another update really hits home!!!

I hope you like the new layout?

I have some more tweaking to do later!

Saturday 13th February 2010

Well today I had a jolly good tidy up!

I pulled up the cabbages and leaks and cleaned all the mess off the right bottom corner.

I had a tidy up round by the shed and got my compost bin upright again and full up!









-- Posted from my iPhone which is nothing short of a miracle!

More Snow? Are You Kidding?

I have tweaked the layout a little to make it feel more allotment style!!!

I am not too good at tweaking so I hope it works ok for you all!  I need to work on the photos still I think!!!!

I hear more snow is scheduled to fall this week so I am a little cross to say the least!!!

The ground is already wet through.

I will go down though this weekend and see what is what.  I can't even do tidying up as as soon as you take 4 or 5 steps, you are immediately 5 inches taller!

The Start Of The 2010 Updates!

I went down the allotment today but the ground was still water logged form the rain and now.

It was the wettest that I have ever seen it, so any planting or digging was hopeless as it was like clay!

So I decided to start this year by taking a few photos.  I took a photo of each corner and through the year I shall take monthly updates in the same format.

Right bottom

Top right

Bottom left

Top left

Side view

Bottom looking up

Muddy path up there!

2010 - I am almost ready for it!!!

Well, as many, I lost all my seedlings etc from the allotment during the snow that fell so rudely!!!

The good news is that I am now armed for a much better year of updates!

I now have a netbook, and that with the iPhone means that I can do Sunday updates!

I am hoping to grow even more than last year, so fingers crossed that we do not get anymore snow and that I can crack on!

Happy New Year to you all!!!