Another trip to the allotment today. The red cabbage plants I planted the other day have been decimated (by slugs I think, but I think there may be some other prolific pest at large).
Worse still, two of the currant bushes have been almost completely stripped of fruit. It wasn’t ripe yet so the birds that have [...]
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Argh!!! The Birds!!!
Posted in my allotment, tagged bindweed, birds, currants, florence fennel, fruit cage, lambs lettuce, little gem, lollo rosso, netting, peas, radicchio, red cabbage, slugs, snails, sweetcorn on June 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I feel like I am getting somewhere!
Posted in my allotment, tagged potatoes, garlic, bindweed, propagator, windowsill, veg plot, brambles, netting, weeds, weed suppressant, membrane, onions, cloche, poly tunnel, sowing, Gartenperle, Tigerella, Coure De Bleu, Millefleur, Alicante, Super Roma, Harlequin, Sakura, tomato, Pepper, Big Banana, Salad Festival, germinated, Lovage, Curly Leaved Parsley, Flat Leaved Parsley, Coriander, Basil, Common Thyme, Lemon Grass, Sweet Cicely, Summer Savoury, Oregano, Mint, Russian Tarragon, Stevia, Cucumber, Burpless Tasty, Broccoli Claret, Celery, Full White, Asparagus, Connovers Colossal, Aubergine, Chillis, Anaheim, Heatwave, Jalapeno, Strawberries, Cambridge Favourite, Judibell, butter bean, dwarf french bean rocenforte, Runner Bean Best Of All, Cannellini Beans, Borlotti Beans, rain, weather 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 [...]
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