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!!







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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!!



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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!









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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!!!

Allotment 15th November 2009

Well I am just so excited!

There is only a small amount of digging and the edging to be done and my allotment is done!!

My paid help has done a great job and now all I have to do is get planting and keep the edges tidy and keep the grass cut!

To celebrate I went mad and moved my raspberry canes and made a start on the pea frame.

The onions and peas are all growing like mad!!

I also strung the last of the onions!


































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Allotment 7th November 2009

The revamp is almost done!

I moved my spinach and hope it is happy and was pleased to see my onions and peas coming through!































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I am so happy.....

With how quickly jim is transforming my allotment.

We reckon three hours this week and it will be all square, level and dug.

Next weekend I hope to be doing some planting and having a tidy up.
















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Now it is all going to happen!

I am paying my mate Jim to do up to twelve hours manual work on my plot! He is making the path, doing the edges and turning over all the plot including the turning of the two big extensions to the end of the plot.

In a short time he has done miles more than I would have ever achieved and, as he has years of experience, wil do a much better job!

On Sunday I managed to level a patch and planted

White onions
Spanish onions
Spring onions
Broad beans
Peas.

I am so excited as once the digging has been done there willbe no stoping me!

Photos from this weekend!



















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