Posted in Artichokes, Courgettes, Fennel, Flowers, Harvesting, Rhubarb on 24 June 2007 | 2 Comments »
Courgette:
(Defender)
And fennel:
(Planted out yesterday)
We haven’t had any luck with flowers grown from seed - an entire packet of poppy seeds failed to produce a single plant and the fate of the sunflowers, munched by slugs or some other hungry pest, has already been documented. So, the appearance of these beneath one of the cherry trees [...]
Posted in Courgettes, Fruit, Harvesting, Vegetables on 22 June 2007 | No Comments »
Very small courgettes of the Tondo di Piacenza variety are appearing at last.
There were a few little Defenders too, though no Jemmer yellow courgettes as yet - some of the plants around the edge of the bed have come to grief in one way or another and the Jemmers seem to have suffered the most. [...]
Posted in The plot, Wildlife on 17 June 2007 | No Comments »
We arrived at the plot this morning to find a swarm of bees firmly in residence in the largest cherry tree.
We first spotted them on Friday evening (after watering the entire plot, including the artichokes, which brought my head inches away from this clump of bees without me realising!) and hoped they would have moved [...]
Posted in Fruit, Harvesting on 14 June 2007 | No Comments »
We had the first proper serving of cherries and raspberries this evening. They tasted as good as they look.
Posted in Artichokes, Courgettes, Fruit, Harvesting, Vegetables on 14 June 2007 | No Comments »
Most of the courgettes were flowering by yesterday morning.
The artichokes are really beginning to grow now slugs are being kept at bay.
The beetroot, rainbow chard, French breakfast radishes, shallots and even the turnips - which seemed to not be appearing at all - are doing well.
And we ate our first cherries (no photos, they were [...]
Posted in Courgettes, Vegetables on 11 June 2007 | No Comments »
Some of the courgettes look healthier and are flowering at last. I could see male flowers on a Defender and a Tondo di Piacenza. Some of the other courgettes have fairly vigorous leaf growth.
Here’s another.
There was no sign of the field mouse today.
Posted in Fruit, The plot, Wildlife on 6 June 2007 | 1 Comment »
While watering the fruit bushes this morning, I noticed a little brown furry creature scurrying about. He (or she) didn’t seem fazed by my presence and carried on doing what he was doing - making a nest - even as I stood three feet away noisily pouring water on to the base of a [...]
Posted in Artichokes, Courgettes, Fruit, Harvesting, The plot, Vegetables on 3 June 2007 | No Comments »
We’d had enough.
You only need to see this to be convinced.
One of the artichokes is showing signs of recovery from the slug onslaught. Maybe the slug pellets (apparently less harmful to birds and other creatures than some types) will give it and the others a fighting chance.
Here’s another, with its little blue protectors.
It was an [...]
Posted in Courgettes, Fruit, Vegetables on 1 June 2007 | No Comments »
The cherries are beginning to ripen, one of the few things to be cheerful about today at the plot. The rain at the beginning of this week then a busy work schedule since have kept us away and the allotment is starting to look a bit neglected. We’ve sort of decided to get slug pellets [...]
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