Hi all, back from a 2 week break, mainly spent in the garden, or on the plot, so had a great time and got a lot done, especially in the garden, as we had a 100 yr old cedar removed a few months ago so had to level the ground and get rid of loads of chippings etc. Garden now in full sun though so thats a bonus, and a good excuse to make new flower beds.
Plot is looking great, had plenty of beetroot, a few peas (that make it home!!) soft fruits and courgettes. a few spuds had blight so dug them all up to rescue what I could. All the other produce needs a little longer to fatten up.
Great day you must have had GWRS, never done a veg show. Will be interesting to see if I get another prize for best allotment this year (been keeping it extra neat
Ginnagibs , you will be amazed with light now the trees gone and what grows hope you enjoyed your 2 week break , have a go and enter a local show , it is nice to win but if not great fun
Been to plot to day o/h picked Shallotts which are drying in little plastic g/h at home , we put a new cover on it yesterday and cleaned it out
Picked another tub of gooseberrys , amazed at quanty
I intend to go to plot tommrow and did up secound early spuds , hope they have done better than earlies
will also do a few more jobs as ever
good news that somebody is taking on plot opposite our , which was a mess and full of weeds
Been to the allotment over the last few days doing lots of digging of shed area now trying to level the ground, also weeding and watering lost a few of my plants been nibbled and the heat
Harvested lots of peas very tasty, broad beans, my sunflowers have opened over the last day look fab
Ginagibbs good that you won last year nice if you do this year
GWRS me going to the plot tomorrow - enjoy your day at the allotment
Hello everybody , very busy weekend with garden/allotment
We have lifted the shallots and they are drying in rebuild plastic g/h at home
I dug up a row of potatoes and they are looking good , variety is Colleen
We picked 2 buckets of gooseberrys which are now in freezer , ready for jam went weather cools
Zoomer that a plot like that on our site - must be mad - the plot opposite the road from us is now been taken as it was bagly over grown . No idea on your wild life
sunflowers are so nice to grow mine still growing in garden and ones at allotment have started flowering
My neighbouring plot over grown now thanks to bad times and no one tending it, went to allotment yesterday and had free tea and sat in shop for a while lots of things going on people now if want chicken have to have their cages inspected first, also got some bits done on my plot
BIG NEWS WE HAVE HOT WATER IN THE LOO TAPS AND LIGHTING
Gg. Yes, it's a chafer grub. Will check them out further but they seem to be more of a problem on lawns and grass, eating the roots. I do have some grass paths and it was also near some rotting weeds I'd left on some plastic to dry out before putting on the compost heap.
What luxury not just having toilets but water too...
GWRS . If I'm making jam or jellies it's from freshly picked fruit, didn't know you could use frozen fruit, would it work for currants and blackberries, it would make sense...
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O/H went up to plot yesterday and harvested gooseberrys , red currants , cauliflowers and last of summer rasberry / strawberry
Hoping to spend weekend tidying up and harvesting shallots
Somebody asked me if we where self sufficient - my answer no but do enjoy the allotment
have a good day everybody
Hi all, back from a 2 week break, mainly spent in the garden, or on the plot, so had a great time and got a lot done, especially in the garden, as we had a 100 yr old cedar removed a few months ago
so had to level the ground and get rid of loads of chippings etc. Garden now in full sun though
so thats a bonus, and a good excuse to make new flower beds.
Plot is looking great, had plenty of beetroot, a few peas (that make it home!!) soft fruits and courgettes. a few spuds had blight so dug them all up to rescue what I could. All the other produce needs a little longer to fatten up.
Great day you must have had GWRS, never done a veg show. Will be interesting to see if I get another prize for best allotment this year (been keeping it extra neat
Happy weekend everyone
Ginnagibs , you will be amazed with light now the trees gone and what grows
hope you enjoyed your 2 week break , have a go and enter a local show , it is nice to win but if not great fun
Been to plot to day o/h picked Shallotts which are drying in little plastic g/h at home , we put a new cover on it yesterday and cleaned it out
Picked another tub of gooseberrys , amazed at quanty
I intend to go to plot tommrow and did up secound early spuds , hope they have done better than earlies
will also do a few more jobs as ever
good news that somebody is taking on plot opposite our , which was a mess and full of weeds
hope alls well with
Been to the allotment over the last few days doing lots of digging of shed area now trying to level the ground, also weeding and watering lost a few of my plants been nibbled and the heat
Harvested lots of peas very tasty, broad beans, my sunflowers have opened over the last day look fab
Ginagibbs good that you won last year nice if you do this year
GWRS me going to the plot tomorrow - enjoy your day at the allotment
Dug up chard which had bolted and came across a long, white curved maggot type thing with legs, any suggestions what it could be?
Harvested onions and shallots, picked some radish, lettuce, toms and cues.
Sunflowers just seem to keep growing taller, the variety should have flowered at 5ft but must be 7ft plus now.
Neighbouring plot is over run with weeds, the guy grows in the middle and has let weeds grow at the sides...
Hello everybody , very busy weekend with garden/allotment
We have lifted the shallots and they are drying in rebuild plastic g/h at home
I dug up a row of potatoes and they are looking good , variety is Colleen
We picked 2 buckets of gooseberrys which are now in freezer , ready for jam went weather cools
Zoomer that a plot like that on our site - must be mad - the plot opposite the road from us is now been taken as it was bagly over grown . No idea on your wild life
Had 3 little toms over weekend !
Hpoes alls well with everybody
Hello Zoomer does it look like this pic http://www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk/nemasys-chafer-grub-killer-100m2-pid4097.html
sunflowers are so nice to grow mine still growing in garden and ones at allotment have started flowering
My neighbouring plot over grown now thanks to bad times and no one tending it, went to allotment yesterday and had free tea and sat in shop for a while lots of things going on people now if want chicken have to have their cages inspected first, also got some bits done on my plot
BIG NEWS WE HAVE HOT WATER IN THE LOO TAPS AND LIGHTING
Off to allotment today
Gg. Yes, it's a chafer grub. Will check them out further but they seem to be more of a problem on lawns and grass, eating the roots. I do have some grass paths and it was also near some rotting weeds I'd left on some plastic to dry out before putting on the compost heap.
What luxury not just having toilets but water too...
GWRS . If I'm making jam or jellies it's from freshly picked fruit, didn't know you could use frozen fruit, would it work for currants and blackberries, it would make sense...