Once we managed to get rid of the weeds and grass (mainly couch grass, grrrr) on a small section of this year’s potato plot, we dug two ‘trenches’ to plant the seed potatoes. Last year we had courgettes, beans, kale (what we thought was broccoli!) and lettuce here – if that makes a difference!
The potatoes [...]
Our seeds and potatoes arrived… we ordered them through our allotment association from DT Brown (works out so much cheaper if you do this!).
So we’ve got:
Purple Moldovan Garlic (the bigger bulbs in the pic, the others are supermarket garlic which we’ll experiment with)
Radish – Scarlet Globe (plus two half packs left over from last year [...]
A trip to the allotment for weeding this evening… it needed it!! Tony and Jordan came up to help – we needed them too!
We were delighted to find that beneath all the jungle of weeds our tomatoes were actually growing!! They’re little and green, but hopefully they’ll ripen nicely. Lisa’s mum has also given us [...]
We’ve been rather neglectful of our plot over the last couple of weeks and we’ve been fair-weather gardeners while the heavy rain has been pouring down.
Today was the day to tackle the triffids!
We made a good start, but there are weeds everywhere… including some massive alliums growing out of our stinky bin bags!!
Siobhan cleared the [...]
After so much heavy rain and many sunny spells there’s a lot of green on the allotment! Sadly the plants that are doing extremely well are the weeds, but many of our seeds are taking root too.
The radishes are doing very well indeed – they desperately needed some thinning out, which Lisa persuaded Tony to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »We’re back from Barbados, but sadly no trip to the allotment due to all the rain.
We have decided what we’ll be growing though!
In no particular order:
Leeks
Onions
Garlic
Radish
Lettuce
Endive
French Beans
Courgette
Cauliflower
Broccoli
Cabbage
Potatoes
Carrots
Parsnips
Beetroot
Asparagus
and herbs…
Salvia (sage)
Bay
Basil
Peppermint
Coriander
Thyme
Chives
Parsley
Tarragon
and some Lavender, Calendula and Camomile (because we like them!)