So that’s another month nearly gone. It makes me wonder what I’ve actually done!
Hopefully today or tomorrow I’ll be putting out the first lot of runner beans from the greenhouse ( a little late but the plants are rather large). I’ll then follow on by planting some seed directly in the ground for a slightly [...]
Monthly Archive for May, 2009
With demand for allotments at an all-time high, some people are digging up their gardens, others covering concrete with containers. Rightly so too! Re-creating the 70’s sitcom The Good Life has been fuelled by the ever-rising price of fresh vegetables.
The price of traditional British veg including carrots, onions, beans, peas, lettuce and tomatoes should be [...]
I came down the stairs this morning and the postman had been before I woke up for a change! What greeted me under a pile of HMRC envelopes was the above Dig In seeds I ordered at the very start of the campaign. I had been waiting so long for them, I never thought they’d [...]
Chicken Disappointment
Posted in Poultry on May 4th, 2009
I went down the allotments, as I do every morning but today seemed a little strange. As I open the gates I can normally hear the hens talking to each other but not today. I proceeded to the greenhouse to get some food for them and then I noticed only 1 hen was in their [...]