Posted in General on Mar 29th, 2009
It has finally happened. A witness saw a male Friday (27th March) morning around 5am break into 3 sheds and 2 greenhouses. Both my shed and my greenhouse were raided.
Stuff taken?
Petrol Strimmer
Marie Curie charity daffodils
Hammer
Nails & screws
Spirit level
Shed alarm!!!
Staple gun & staples
Scissors
Tape measure
Socket wrench & 10mm socket
5L can of petrol
Seeds
Gas stove & 3x gas canisters
Kettle
Screwdriver sets
Gloves
A [...]
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Posted in Greenhouse, Growing, Poultry, Sowing on Mar 24th, 2009
Everything is all go now down the allotment. 90% is ready for planting in, the other 10% just needs rotavating. I am digging a trench 1 spit deep and wide so the weeds from the ’shared footpaths’ do not keep coming underground back onto the plot. The plan is that I’ll see the weeds and they’ll [...]
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Posted in Poultry on Mar 16th, 2009
A few more eggs I am going to put in 1 of the incubators. They are laid by either a Maran, Cochin or a Maran x Cochin. Very nice dark brown eggs.
Will keep you updated
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Posted in Sowing on Mar 16th, 2009
The potatoes I set in the bedroom to chit have done so, very well.
I hope to plant them out in the next 2 weeks once we have seen the last (hopefully) of any frosty weather.
The potatoes in the greenhouse have got a little longer to go. They have been vandilised by the young chickens staying [...]
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It has been awful weather so much so I haven’t really been able to do anything constructive so I set about being destructive. I have smashed up the old wooden compost bin that overwintered the rats (never again), de-nailed some reclaimed wood for another chicken shed and have had a couple of fires (when it [...]
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Posted in Greenhouse, Growing on Mar 2nd, 2009
Planted a little while ago on the window ledge and forgot about – LETTUCE!
I am just going to pot them up and stick them in the greenhouse for an early crop
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