Posted in Fruit, The plot on 29 April 2007 | 2 Comments »
Today’s visit to the plot consisted of weeding, watering and photographing. Little green currants like these, on one of the redcurrant bushes, are beginning to appear:
I took lots of similar photos but will save some for another post.
And I made my first ever blog comment here.
Posted in Courgettes, Sowing and planting, Vegetables on 28 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Courgette and squash seeds, 19 April 2007.
Courgette and squash seedlings, 28 April 2007.
Posted in Sowing and planting, The plot, Vegetables on 23 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today I made an evening visit and I made some personal sticks for the lanky broad beans to lean against, and they look rather more impressive (than they ought, perhaps) as a result of this sleight of hand. I then planted another double row of beans alongside. These ones, I hope, will be of sturdier [...]
Posted in Harvesting, Sowing and planting, Vegetables on 21 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This evening we planted a third and final batch of onion sets (Stuttgart Giant), having discovered them at the bottom of a tool bag – 500g of onion sets seems to provide an endless supply. Also sown were two rows of early Sezanne radishes, another Italian bargain that we’re now putting in at the right [...]
Posted in Sowing and planting, Vegetables on 20 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We took the four most robust artichoke seedlings and planted them into one of the beds, under homemade cloches. It’s hard to imagine these tiny plants growing into the vast and vigorous specimens displayed on some of the neighbouring plots.
We picked the remaining turnips, then I spent a couple of hours digging over the turnip [...]
Posted in Courgettes, Sowing and planting, Vegetables on 20 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was a significant day at Courgettes and Fennel – we planted seeds for the three varieties of courgette we’re growing this year.
OK, butternut squash isn’t a courgette, but as a gourd it’s near enough! We brought back seeds for a curly squash, Tromba di Albegna, from Italy last week, to be sown directly into [...]
Posted in Fruit, The plot on 18 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sunset at the plot, the cherry trees in bloom.
Posted in Sowing and planting, The plot, Vegetables on 17 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Some surprises greeted us at home and at the plot when we returned from a ten day Easter holiday.
Things were looking a great deal more colourful in the uncultivated area by the compost bin.
So much for all that weeding a few weeks ago.
The broad beans, left in the bathtub to prevent them drying out, had [...]
Posted in Sowing and planting, Vegetables on 6 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s apparently traditional to plant potatoes on Good Friday and we made it to the plot at sunset (the camera flash makes it look somewhat later) to get our King Edwards in. Still no spade, but we managed with a fork instead.
Posted in Fruit, The plot on 2 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In my long list of weekend tasks completed at the plot, I missed out this one.
After moving the raspberry suckers, I sorted out the older canes (a summer-fruiting variety). The base had been tangled up with nettles and enmeshed with dead leaves as well as a selection of other debris; it now looks neat, but [...]
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