26th March 2010

Didn't get much done today because the ground was too sticky to dig, but did manage to capture these two rainbows!

first lot of potatoes in

Planted the 1st early (rocket) and second early (charlotte) potatoes today. The ones in the pictures are rocket.

Also finished preparing the carrot bed, the frame will be covered with fleece in an attempt to keep the carrot fly out. Sowed 4 rows of early nantes.

2010

Haven't posted for a while so it's a new year and a new season. After the worst winter for many years the ground is drying out nicely and the gardening has begun!

The potatoes are chitting well and they will be going in the ground this week as we are off work. We have Rocket, 1st earlies, Charlottes, 2nd earlies, and Main crop we have Desiree, Cara and a few Pink fir apples.

I have started off some tomatoes in the heated propagator, Garden pearl, which are a cherry and 100 and 1000's which can be grown in baskets.

Sowed 2 double rows of broad beans on plot 59, Bunyard exhibition. Also planted the onion sets and shallots.

14/01/2009

Went to finish making the compost bins out of pallets and tie wraps, forgot to take a picture though. there was quite a hard frost last night.

looked under the fleece to find the broad beans that i planted in october finally coming through.

the Rhubarb is also poking through, although it has a good covering of leaves around it, mum asked if i was going to cover it to force it but as i only have one plant at the moment i dont want to.

plot 61 (at the top) and plot 59

our allotments

We have 2 plots on the bifield allotments in

orton goldhay, peterborough. we got plot 61 in may of 2005 and then took on plot 59 in the summer of 2006, neither plots are quite where i want them to be at the moment but i am determined to get them how i want them in the coming season. despite that we have had lots of great crops from both plots.

The butternut squash was probably the best crop of 2008, and i hope to repeat it next year. we have one left and i will miss them when they have gone, and i refuse to pay supermarket prices! They don't taste as good anyway.