Life on a UK allotment
Greenhouse 1 is home to the Grape vines, Cucumbers, Sweet and Chilli Peppers, Melons and for a short while the celery seedlings. However a slug & snail incursion destroyed all the celery seedlings and all 3 Melon plants. Had a Read More …
Order has been restored finally, and looking much more organised. Have left the small bush varieties in the small mini greenhouse for the time being, and the heartbreakers have some fruit already appearing. Greenhouse 1 is Tomatoes including 3 hanging Read More …
GH1 and GH2 both operational finally. Still a few tasks to complete on Sunday but nearly there!
Started to reclaim the garden back from nature, one section at a time! The awkward shaped space a the top of the garden is now home to two 6×4 polycarbonate greenhouses for tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet peppers and melons. Construction was Read More …
The Purple Sweet Peppers plants continue to sprout flowers so hoping get some peppers but they are certainly late bloomers. Some of the lemons on the tree are beginning to turn yellow now, just in time for Christmas! And finally Read More …
The Calomondin tree is full of fruit at the moment and we have a bumper crop of lemons on the way yet again. Finally the Purple Pepper plants have started flowering (better late than never I suppose!)
Ventured down the plot in this Indian Summer weather this evening to replace the rotten raised bed board from the weekend, so all in and sorted. Also reclaimed the Conservatory back with the harvesting of the final peppers and tomatoes Read More …
Bumper harvest of Tomatoes today and a few more sweet peppers 🙂
Some Sweet Peppers today form the conservatory.
Finally the first one ripens!