I didn’t mean to be long……..
But, I wanted to plant the 3 aubergine plants that I’d been propagating at home, particularly since they were starting to suffer from life in the small pots they were housed in.
So, off I went, and ended up spending about an hour pulling out more bindweed (if only all my [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Aubergine’
A quick trip to the allotment that turned into a two hour visit
Posted in my allotment, tagged Aubergine, bindweed, block formation, currants, gooseberries, jam, peaches and cream, radishes, snake, sweetcorn on May 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Big Crops in Small Places
Posted in Hints Tips and Other Stuff, tagged Aubergine, Strawberries, compost, watering can, Big crops, small places, containers, window box, broad beans, hanging basket, cress, balcony, grow your own food, baby carrots, spring onions, herbs, dwarf varieties, spare tyre, old bucket, ice cream tub, drainage holes, waterproof, large food tins, supermarkets, tools, warmth, light, water on May 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I got to thinking earlier about everyone being able to grow vegetables – wherever they live. Not everyone is blessed with a back garden (let alone acres of land). Some people have a balcony, some dont even have that.
So, how can everyone grow their own food?
Well, thankfully, there are plenty of plants, fruit and vegetables [...]
I feel like I am getting somewhere!
Posted in my allotment, tagged Alicante, Anaheim, Asparagus, Aubergine, Basil, Big Banana, bindweed, Borlotti Beans, brambles, Broccoli Claret, Burpless Tasty, butter bean, Cambridge Favourite, Cannellini Beans, Celery, Chillis, cloche, Common Thyme, Connovers Colossal, Coriander, Coure De Bleu, Cucumber, Curly Leaved Parsley, dwarf french bean rocenforte, Flat Leaved Parsley, Full White, garlic, Gartenperle, germinated, Harlequin, Heatwave, Jalapeno, Judibell, Lemon Grass, Lovage, membrane, Millefleur, Mint, netting, onions, Oregano, Pepper, poly tunnel, potatoes, propagator, rain, Runner Bean Best Of All, Russian Tarragon, Sakura, Salad Festival, sowing, Stevia, Strawberries, Summer Savoury, Super Roma, Sweet Cicely, Tigerella, tomato, veg plot, weather, weed suppressant, weeds, windowsill on April 11, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Well, last Sunday I decided I really need to brave the weather and go and do some allotmenting. The previous two weekends had brought snow, and the forecasts for Sunday were for rain showers and hail. However, it turns out that the weathermen got it wrong.
I trundled over to the plot and decided to start [...]