It does seem a bit viscous when training fruit trees doesn't it @Mr. Vine Eye . All that growth that needs to come off nearly breaks my heart to do, but it is a must if you want a productive tree. 🙄🙂
Finally got a bit done today as we had a rare dry day. Put in some Broad bean plants that have been ready for ages, but I was worried the high winds would kill them off despite them being hardened off at home. Also cleared the cabbage & old broccoli stumps out of the brassica cage need to get it dismantled to move again soon.
A good trip to plot this afternoon , forked over two beds and covered with membrane Dug up rest of parsnips and forked bed over , all now ready for the bad weather
What's the thoughts on putting food waste on the allotment compost bin? We have just built a 3-bay compost bin with pallets on our plot. We plan to move our home compost bin contents (mostly food waste) down to the plot. We typically get rats in the home compost bin every Winter. Should we keep that as a separate bin at the plot, or is it fine to just add it to the green waste from the plot in the open bays?
I add kitchen waste to the allotment bin which seems fine in the warmer months but at this time of year its pretty obvious that the rats are eating most of the peelings, but hey it either means that the council food recycling bin overflows at home or the rats get a free meal what can you do!
3 hours digging at the plot today the ground is still very wet and some plots have areas of standing water, hopefully the weather will stay dry and sunny with a breeze which will dry the soil out some. On the home front the garden greenhouse is getting enough sun to move the overwintering Fuchsia cuttings plus some from a Hebe and perennial wallflowers, also last years chilli plants, broad beans in cardboard tubes and peas in guttering. Things are starting to move on the growing front so now the weather needs to play ball please, thank you!
Spent yesterday morning at plot pruning nearly all done , unfortunately rain stopped play at 2-30 Hoping to get there on Friday , weather permitting , started to get a few weeds growing
Quick question. We have built a 3-bay compost bin at the plot, with pallets. We want to move the contents of our garden compost bin to the plot, but this is mostly food waste, and hence we get rats regularly nesting in it. Do you keep your food compost separately, or do you just mix it up with the plot compost?
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Dug up rest of parsnips and forked bed over , all now ready for the bad weather
I personally wouldn’t do it
If you do , let us known how you get on , best of luck 😉
Got the 4 irons for RB1 which will be only 20 inches high to be used as a seed bed
Then to finish off the pond ready for Spring
Need to re paint the shed as some of the paint is peeling off.
All 8 four foot beds covered in manure and Im ready to plant out when the home started seedlings are ready
Hoping to get there on Friday , weather permitting , started to get a few weeds growing