All my cardboard is still in place despite the recent winds, I checked on it before today of course, in case it was all over the place.
Bought a wheelbarrow today to help with all the bags of stuff I'm starting to bring onto the plot. Took up 9 bags of manure, just for the potatoes and where I'll be planting the fruit next month. It went absolutely nowhere and will need to get more.
I've ordered the fruit I want finally, a crab apple, blackberry and 6 rasp canes. I've got two rhubarbs in pots and another raspberry to go up as well at some point.
I noticed a couple of the garlics have sprouted already, but I suppose they know what they're doing...
I bought the manure from B&Q as it seemed easier, I can still smell it even after a shower - hope no-one else can
Took 10 part bags of topsoil from my garden up the allotment today. Started raising the soil level in a small area where I'm planting the blackberry. I'll build the rest of the soil level after.
Chose an area to have my compost heaps today. I don't have one in the garden so will continue taking house scraps up the allotment.
Got given a bag of apples and some homemade bberry and apple jam by another allotmenteer, what a nice lady
Not really waterlogged as yet, the trenches don't appear to have a great deal of water in them. Clay on the surface is slippery but I can only assume it hasn't yet rained sufficiently to warrant filling the trenches...
It would be great if I could fix it so the whole area is usable.
Took some kitchen scraps and garden clippings up the lotment today, also my poor sad wallflowers which were delivered a week ago now and some double daff bulbs.
The daffs aren't special enough to be in the garden, they were free with something but at the same time I am quite fond of a daff so put them in some unusable space.
I think the wallflowers will be alright if they now survive the manure heavy soil The vast majority anyway...well we'll see...
Decided to split the rhubarb as it had started shooting again. Split it up in the ground rather than dig the whole thing up in a oner. When I had split it I wasn't sure which pieces to keep and discard. The older pieces had giant fat roots and large buds but I felt like I should keep the younger pieces so kept two. Also they had the least rips. Must confess I didnt have a clue what I was doing Have replanted the pieces elsewhere in the new rhubarb line.
They looked a bit floppy today when I glanced at them but it was a bit variable temperature wise. I think if they were going to die it would be apparent by now.
Had a delivery of wood chip today, supposed to be 4 cubic metres of fresh chip as apparently the composted stuff gets sold to the energy companies.
Here it is glowing in the afternoon sun
It must be rotting a bit as it is steaming in the middle like a muck heap. Also it smells beautiful, almost perfumed or like a xmas candle.
Had already bagged up some when I took this picture, alarmed as my front door is blocked, however both my window cleaner and the Avon man managed to climb over it so I must underestimate people, a poor quality.
Took 20 bags up the allotment to start to fill the trenches and raise the soil level of the flood zone. Filled my car with 20 more for tomorrow. Aim is to create a path on the right hand side before I go back to work on Mon.
I know chip is supposed to deplete nitrogen etc, but that is the least of my current concerns as I can't plant anything in a flood zone either...???
Just been ? ng through your thread, you really have an under taking there, lots of work for you, but will be so rewarding. I was reading that you have Joan J rasp, i have those, must be 10 years old now, plus a couple of gooseberry bushes, and bluberries. Do you think your land could grow a blueberry, it is fab picking fresh fruit warmed by the sun ? I tried a couple of different varieties of potatoes, favourite by far were vivaldi, but i have struggled to buy them since, so have repeatedly used charlotte and they have been perfect. No doubt you will have space for a couple of courgettes, french beans, sprouting broccoli and calabrese? ? I gave up with carrots and parsnips, just didn't really do well for me.
This year i found using bags to grow my salad leaves in, meant a long delay before slugs found them ? I think the bags came from marshalls.
Have you ever watched Alice Fowler's gardening programmes on iplayer, i love how she mixes flowers and veg, you have lots of space hopefully to put in some flowers, your daffs will brighten everywhere up in spring.
Thanks for your post Loana, it's nice to know people drop in
I think the plot next door has blueberries in pots, I assume that's what they are from the autumn colour which makes me think they may not grow in the ground.
Raspberries are by far my favourite soft fruit so would like to reserve space for different kinds. Salad veg wise I would really like to grow cucumber but will need a greenhouse first and I've allocated space for that on the flood zone...I'm trying beetroot next year.
I haven't seen Alice Fowlers programme, but I do want to grow flowers on the plot too. I don't really have room in the garden for annuals as I have so many perennials. I've put down loads of seed but it's hard to tell what is germinating at the minute, it might not be the seed I put down! I'd really like to grow phaecelia and borage, have been unsuccessful previously but have also chucked down loads of poppies. Am growing sweet peas again next year, sown direct. I sowed them late this year and they are still flowering. I will do a staggered sowing to extend the season, will also sow nasturtium and see if they will climb the sweet pea fence or just crawl along the floor...
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All my cardboard is still in place despite the recent winds, I checked on it before today of course, in case it was all over the place.
Bought a wheelbarrow today to help with all the bags of stuff I'm starting to bring onto the plot. Took up 9 bags of manure, just for the potatoes and where I'll be planting the fruit next month. It went absolutely nowhere and will need to get more.
I've ordered the fruit I want finally, a crab apple, blackberry and 6 rasp canes. I've got two rhubarbs in pots and another raspberry to go up as well at some point.
I noticed a couple of the garlics have sprouted already, but I suppose they know what they're doing...
Wheelbarrow, while it was still clean.
What a smart barrow.
Can't get hold of any muck, there hasn't been a delivery to the plot for months, I've been putting off going round local farms but I may need to.
It was wet and wild at the weekend here so I potted up some bulbs and sweet pea.
Happy growing?
Thanks Zoomer
I bought the manure from B&Q as it seemed easier, I can still smell it even after a shower - hope no-one else can
Took 10 part bags of topsoil from my garden up the allotment today. Started raising the soil level in a small area where I'm planting the blackberry. I'll build the rest of the soil level after.
Chose an area to have my compost heaps today. I don't have one in the garden so will continue taking house scraps up the allotment.
Got given a bag of apples and some homemade bberry and apple jam by another allotmenteer, what a nice lady
You have been very busy, posh wheelbarrow very nice - me have a re-used one that someone was getting rid off
How are the areas that are boggy and you have been filling in?
Hi Gardengirl
Not really waterlogged as yet, the trenches don't appear to have a great deal of water in them. Clay on the surface is slippery but I can only assume it hasn't yet rained sufficiently to warrant filling the trenches...
It would be great if I could fix it so the whole area is usable.
Took some kitchen scraps and garden clippings up the lotment today, also my poor sad wallflowers which were delivered a week ago now and some double daff bulbs.
The daffs aren't special enough to be in the garden, they were free with something but at the same time I am quite fond of a daff so put them in some unusable space.
I think the wallflowers will be alright if they now survive the manure heavy soil
The vast majority anyway...well we'll see...
Decided to split the rhubarb as it had started shooting again. Split it up in the ground rather than dig the whole thing up in a oner. When I had split it I wasn't sure which pieces to keep and discard. The older pieces had giant fat roots and large buds but I felt like I should keep the younger pieces so kept two. Also they had the least rips. Must confess I didnt have a clue what I was doing
Have replanted the pieces elsewhere in the new rhubarb line.
Nicely planted wallflower they should settle in nicely
They looked a bit floppy today when I glanced at them but it was a bit variable temperature wise. I think if they were going to die it would be apparent by now.
Had a delivery of wood chip today, supposed to be 4 cubic metres of fresh chip as apparently the composted stuff gets sold to the energy companies.
Here it is glowing in the afternoon sun
It must be rotting a bit as it is steaming in the middle like a muck heap. Also it smells beautiful, almost perfumed or like a xmas candle.
Had already bagged up some when I took this picture, alarmed as my front door is blocked, however both my window cleaner and the Avon man managed to climb over it so I must underestimate people, a poor quality.
Took 20 bags up the allotment to start to fill the trenches and raise the soil level of the flood zone. Filled my car with 20 more for tomorrow. Aim is to create a path on the right hand side before I go back to work on Mon.
I know chip is supposed to deplete nitrogen etc, but that is the least of my current concerns as I can't plant anything in a flood zone either...???
Just been ? ng through your thread, you really have an under taking there, lots of work for you, but will be so rewarding. I was reading that you have Joan J rasp, i have those, must be 10 years old now, plus a couple of gooseberry bushes, and bluberries. Do you think your land could grow a blueberry, it is fab picking fresh fruit warmed by the sun ? I tried a couple of different varieties of potatoes, favourite by far were vivaldi, but i have struggled to buy them since, so have repeatedly used charlotte and they have been perfect. No doubt you will have space for a couple of courgettes, french beans, sprouting broccoli and calabrese? ? I gave up with carrots and parsnips, just didn't really do well for me.
This year i found using bags to grow my salad leaves in, meant a long delay before slugs found them ? I think the bags came from marshalls.
Have you ever watched Alice Fowler's gardening programmes on iplayer, i love how she mixes flowers and veg, you have lots of space hopefully to put in some flowers, your daffs will brighten everywhere up in spring.
Thanks for your post Loana, it's nice to know people drop in
I think the plot next door has blueberries in pots, I assume that's what they are from the autumn colour which makes me think they may not grow in the ground.
Raspberries are by far my favourite soft fruit so would like to reserve space for different kinds. Salad veg wise I would really like to grow cucumber but will need a greenhouse first and I've allocated space for that on the flood zone...I'm trying beetroot next year.
I haven't seen Alice Fowlers programme, but I do want to grow flowers on the plot too. I don't really have room in the garden for annuals as I have so many perennials. I've put down loads of seed but it's hard to tell what is germinating at the minute, it might not be the seed I put down! I'd really like to grow phaecelia and borage, have been unsuccessful previously but have also chucked down loads of poppies. Am growing sweet peas again next year, sown direct. I sowed them late this year and they are still flowering. I will do a staggered sowing to extend the season, will also sow nasturtium and see if they will climb the sweet pea fence or just crawl along the floor...