March 30th
Finished installing raised bed 17 now and gravelled the side areas. Just needs a hoe and rake next week and will be ready for me to install the poly-tunnel over it for growing salad crops. That’s it for raised beds Read More …
Month: March 2014
March 29th
A dry day on a weekend, finally! Makes all the difference but the mid week rain flooded parts of the plot again. Started preparing some stakes which will be used to anchor a fleece/enviro-mesh barrier to thwart the carrot fly Read More …
March 22nd
Mixed bag down on the plot today, day started great if a little windy but soon turned wintry with heavy rain showers and hail storms. Managed to get some things done between the showers and cups of tea 🙂 (There Read More …
Mid Week Planting
Popped down to the plot for an hour this evening to do some planting. Glen Coe (split into two locations) and Valentina Raspberries were first up… Then finishing off the first currant bed with the Blackcurrant, Redcurrant and Whitecurrant. If Read More …
First delivery
Finally one of my fruit orders has turned up, typical it arrived on a Monday, when can’t get down to the plot until the weekend next! Will have to improvise until then. Cranberries Valentina Raspberries, Red, White and Blackcurrant Finally Read More …
March 09th
Sun shining all day so got plenty done. All raised beds clear of weeds and old crops now, and all but 6 of them now dug over. Soil very heavy still and water logged a couple of inches down so Read More …
March 08th
Quite a productive afternoon. Replaced a broken raspberry post, prepared the first currant bed and planted the Pink Currant plant that arrived this week. Managed to clear another 4 beds of weeds and prepare 2 beds ready for Onion/Garlic planting Read More …
Updated plan
Updated the plan some more and its taking shape now. It will remember what crops were planted in the beds the previous year as well so helps with crop rotation. Here it is. Pink Currant arrived today as well so Read More …
Bricks!
Was down on the plot this afternoon to meet the council officer for the site inspections. Went well although I am sure it will cause some concern in certain cliques on site! Once that was finished had my used bricks Read More …
Online Allotment Planner
Useful tool this, still playing around with it at the moment though. Not exactly pin perfect (paths are not that wide for starters) and not got the pond in yet but that’s where it will be going. Link to plan Read More …