Posted in Flowers, tagged dahlias flowers, Flowers on 24 June 2008 | No Comments »
Five days ago I planted out my sunflowers and the one cactus dahlia (out of nine seeds), shown above, that germinated. By last night the dahlia had disappeared - I found the battered remnants of it nearby - I think the wind got it.
Posted in Flowers, Sowing and planting, The plot, tagged Flowers, Rhubarb, Tomatoes on 8 May 2008 | No Comments »
Still no proper internet access from home, but spring goes on and so does work at the plot. (I am fortunate enough to be able to use another computer occasionally.) As a result of not having chance to play around with the new WordPress photo uploader, some of these pics could be better placed: I will edit [...]
Posted in Flowers, Fruit, Sowing and planting, Vegetables on 25 March 2008 | No Comments »
Although you can’t see it, this photo of blossom on a plum tree was taken during a snow shower yesterday.
This sudden burst of late wintry weather would be called takatalvi (back winter or the return of winter) in Finland, where I lived for a number of years, the difference being that takatalvi means snow in [...]
Posted in Flowers, Harvesting, Rhubarb, Vegetables, tagged Flowers, potatoes, Rhubarb on 27 February 2008 | No Comments »
I dug up yet more King Edwards on Sunday and wonder how many are still in there, since the bed will soon be needed for something else. Their tendency to disintegrate when boiled seems lessened by our unintentional ‘overwintering’. I traded some with a friend for a piece of Scottish smoked haddock and heard later [...]
Posted in Flowers, Harvesting, The plot, Vegetables, tagged Flowers, Vegetables on 11 February 2008 | 1 Comment »
Finding Osteospermums in flower in February must be unusual.
This monstrously unappetising radish would be unusual at any time of the year.
Clearing the beds (late again!) for spring planting, we found more vegetable surprises: a small handful of baby beetroot.
Emerging crocuses are what I’d expected to see, with a little luck (and less squirrel activity) this [...]
Posted in Artichokes, Flowers, Harvesting, The plot, Vegetables, tagged Artichokes, Flowers, herbs, potatoes on 26 January 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is the first week I’ve given the allotment any serious thought since the late autumn, sitting down to make a crop rotation plan and a list of tasks to accomplish before spring sets in (to follow in a later post).
Just as I was planning which potato varieties to order for this season (with suggestions [...]
Posted in Courgettes, Flowers, Harvesting on 16 September 2007 | No Comments »
Much of the plot still looks green as these dried Love-in-a-mist hint at autumn colours to come.
Recent sunshine has boosted the growth of the rainbow chard. I’m not sure what’s causing those holes in the leaves. Little snails?
I picked two round courgettes and half a normal one (a small snail was munching its way through [...]
Posted in Courgettes, Flowers, Fruit, Harvesting, Rhubarb, The plot on 13 September 2007 | No Comments »
It was a beautiful morning today and what has become the evening primrose patch is looking lovely amidst the generally overgrown top end of the plot.
I wasn’t sure if these were evening primrose - they seemed too short and stubby - until I read this text and discovered that they are biennial plants, forming ‘rosettes’ [...]
Posted in Artichokes, Fennel, Flowers, Harvesting, Vegetables on 3 September 2007 | No Comments »
The fennel has bolted, before forming bulbs. (We ate some anyway.) There are also a few other veggie flowers at the plot. A radish, left to go to seed.
Very late (perhaps too late) borlotti beans - not enough sun for these, I think.
The artichokes are nicely established, though haven’t produced any flower heads in their [...]
Posted in Courgettes, Flowers, Fruit, Harvesting on 24 August 2007 | 1 Comment »
Two pears made it to full size - double last year’s amount. I’m scratching my head for ways to preserve them. Pear butter, perhaps?
Otherwise, nature had it in for me today. Shortly after I arrived, I was bitten on the hand by an ant that had somehow got inside my glove (there’s a big red [...]
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