Spent day at plot , weeding and getting beds ready for onions & garlic for planting next month Going again tomorrow with o/h , to dig up last bed of main crop potatoes 🥔 and more tidying up
Thanks all for replies to questions, Hampshire Hog not heard that matting before will look it up
GWRS went to plot as well did some wood putting up in small shed, harvested another potato few spuds from that mine are main crop, lots of beans my tower of beans have fell over canes broke
Lots of flowers going really strong on plot and grass needs a cuts
Hello , both of us at plot today , lots harvested And several more beds tidied up , 4 bags of weeds brought home for garden bin A few French beans harvested and plants pulled up and put into compost bin Still filling in Diary for Sheffield , will be interested to see how much time we spend on plot Used some weed membrane sheets on 4 beds just to see what it is like Also used hedge trimmer on 4 lavender bushes , much quicker than shears Last bed of main crop spuds 🥔 dug up , only half normal amount Just having a beer in sun to recover Best wishes to everybody lovely sunny day
Been away got back this week , just been to plot to see how it has fared in the recent gales 💨 pleased to say not to bad , broken fence post , obvoisly rotten ( temp repair ) and weed fabric still in place but some flabbing so put some bricks on them Finaly havested last of Patti Pans and marrows , some at gate for people to help selves and some home Another plot holder has a great apple tree but doesn’t like them so let’s us have them , we give them home made jam or marmalade in return wasn’t there to long as wind getting up , unable to sort out netting around Sprouts , need to go that next week Hope all’s well with everybody
Last week at allotment a bit building little shed nearly done all boards on inside till ran out of wood, lots of harvesting, pumpkins growing nice and big
GWRS apples sound good - hope I like all the apples on the trees I have picked
Really bad storm here last night, not sure how plot is won't be there for a while
Had a wonderful sunny autumn day down at the plot and decided it was time to stArt clearing. Hundred of tomatoes still trying to ripen so I’ve decided to ripen at home and get processing into sauces and chutneys! Sunflowers succumbed to recent gales so have cut down and displays the heads for the birds to feast on. Still so much to keep harvesting! Endive, lettuce, beans, kale, radish, carrots and celery to name a few. Put some potatoes in pots into the greenhouse for (hopefully) Xmas spuds. Now enjoying a cuppa and watching the sun lower while the birds flutter around the feeders. Happy days! What an amazing first year!
How is everyone, not posted for a while been busy on plot and doing home improvements. Was promoted to general secretary on account no one else wanted to do it...the last one moved to Scotland so that has kept me out of mischief. We"ve had the first frost here, it was ever so cold yesterday. Busy planting garlic and onions for next year. What a change in the weather, torrential rain and Hale today.
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Going again tomorrow with o/h , to dig up last bed of main crop potatoes 🥔 and more tidying up
This is the stuff it's really strong.
https://www.wickes.co.uk/Apollo-Driveway-Control-Fabric---2m-x-25m/p/132324
And several more beds tidied up , 4 bags of weeds brought home for garden bin
A few French beans harvested and plants pulled up and put into compost bin
Still filling in Diary for Sheffield , will be interested to see how much time we spend on plot
Used some weed membrane sheets on 4 beds just to see what it is like
Also used hedge trimmer on 4 lavender bushes , much quicker than shears
Last bed of main crop spuds 🥔 dug up , only half normal amount
Just having a beer in sun to recover
Best wishes to everybody
pleased to say not to bad , broken fence post , obvoisly rotten ( temp repair ) and weed fabric still in place but some flabbing so put some bricks on them
Finaly havested last of Patti Pans and marrows , some at gate for people to help selves and some home
Another plot holder has a great apple tree but doesn’t like them so let’s us have them , we give them home made jam or marmalade in return
wasn’t there to long as wind getting up , unable to sort out netting around Sprouts , need to go that next week
Hope all’s well with everybody
We"ve had the first frost here, it was ever so cold yesterday. Busy planting garlic and onions for next year. What a change in the weather, torrential rain and Hale today.