We went fruit picking on the plot on Sunday. I’d been itching to go and pick some fruit for about a week because I knew that there was plenty ready.
So, my husband and two children and I went over to the allotment armed with a few baskets to collect fruit.
The raspberries were in absolute abundance. [...]
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Gooseberries Galore, Rampant Raspberries and Burgeoning Blackcurrants
Posted in In The Garden This Week, my allotment, tagged blackcurrants, brambles, fruit picking, gooseberries, harvesting, raspberries, redcurrants, ripe on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
NEWSFLASH for all Allotment Growers – Traces of herbicide Aminopyralid made by Dow Agrosciences found in manure
Posted in Ask Me Anything - Gardening Questions and Answers, Hints Tips and Other Stuff, In The Garden This Week, my allotment, tagged aminopyralid, Dow Agrosciences, guardian, manure, newsflash, observer on July 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
See here http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/29/food.agriculture
Thankfully I’m not affected by this, nor any of my fellow allotmenteers on our site. But, it seems to be a pretty widespread problem and very upsetting for those affected.
How could this product be allowed to be used?
Growing my own bedding plants – more experimental growing
Posted in In The Garden This Week, tagged germinated, marigolds, geranium splish splash, cosmos, daydream, gazebo mixed, lupin dwarf lulu, veronica getianoides, bat plant, tacca nivea, gloriosa lily, white bird of paradise, germinate, agastache, italian white sunflower, primula japonica, oriental poppy coral reef, ox-eye daisy, calendula sherbert fizz, eustoma, lisianthus, penstemon true blue, nasturtium milkmaid, cerinthe, double trailing petunias, californian poppy, nigella, honesty, lunaria, verbascum southern charm, delphiniums, briza maxima, dwarf wildflower, phlox, phlox of sheep, night scented stocks, nicotiana, osteospermum, evening primrose, catanche, hardy perennial, hardy annual, bedding plants on June 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve decided to try and grow some bedding plants, rather than buying them ready grown from nurseries or garden centres. I went a little overboard with the seeds (as usual!) and also bought some hardy perennial plants to mix in and provide colour early on next year. The seeds I’ve sown so far are:
Catanche (hardy [...]
Now’s the time to be thinking potatoes
Posted in In The Garden This Week, tagged planting, potatoes, seed on March 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Buying seed potatoes, and planting them out.
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