Oh I am tired! Double dug 2.4m of the new 4.8m purple bed. Apart from the tree roots it was actually a lot easier than some of the others have been. There are very few weeds and the soil is quite crumbly, though very clay-ey underneath. Half the remainder was […]
Weekend in Glasgow, so not a lot of time messing about at the allotment. I did manage a couple of hours, but am feeling a little ‘jaded’. No frost damage up at the plot and all the potatoes are now through. Slugs have had the globe artichokes, so I might […]
Him Indoors has spotted the green paint. Pointed comments have been made. Compounded my error by leaving the soil-covered sweetcorn forks I use to prick out seedlings in a spot where they could be mistaken for being clean. Luckily he saw the compost before putting fork & melon in his mouth… […]
My sweetpeas are now in, with borage seedlings at their feet. I’ve also put in a short row of golden beetroot, after reading that garlic shouldn’t be grown anywhere near peas. So that’s me needing something of a rethink on where to stick the petit pois! The birds are yomping […]
As predicted, the water butt is full again. The plot’s covered in standing water, but there is still a lot I can get on with till digging recommences, like sorting out the path inbetween the new beds. And potting up the strawberry runners for the school/elsewhere on my plot. I’m leaving […]
Well, the purple bed frame is now finished. I had to saw through some tree roots which were in the way – they went too deep to get out with the mattock without digging a gurt big pit. Had to tidy the shed a bit to find the saw. Now […]
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