Plot 79 – The website and blog…
Posted in General, Greenhouse, Growing on Jul 5th, 2009
With a mix of non stop work (the wonders of being self employed!) and ridiculously hot temperatures, I have been unable to do pretty much nothing down the allotments for the past couple of weeks. Plants are dying and weeds are growing!
Out of the 5 tomato plants in the greenhouse, only 3 have survived. The other [...]
Posted in General, Greenhouse, Growing, Sowing on Jun 8th, 2009
Nearly halfway through the year already…
I have got carrot, beetroot and radish seeds outside now in rows spanning the whole plot along with various brassica plants in the old chicken run and more outside that need covering. The cucumbers and courgettes have also been planted out.
We are digging the new potatoes that are supplying an [...]
Posted in Greenhouse, Growing, Sowing on Apr 28th, 2009
Various plants on the windowsill are getting larger day by day and the tomato plants in the greenhouse are going on fine. Once the cold temperatures have finally gone, they will all be dumped into their final planting positions.
The radish died in the greenhouse. I don’t think they liked the rich compost they were planted in or [...]
Posted in General, Greenhouse, Growing, Poultry, Sowing on Apr 15th, 2009
I haven’t been near a computer long enough to be able to write any new posts for ages
So, we had 9 of the Cochin eggs hatch. 2 died a few days later but a week and a half on we have 7 happy and healthy chicks. I didn’t see anything from the Maran [...]
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 [...]
Posted in General, Greenhouse, Growing, Poultry, Sowing on Mar 10th, 2009
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 [...]
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
Posted in Greenhouse, Poultry on Feb 28th, 2009
From our first hatch – the 6 Sussex eggs posted to us (4 of which hatched), I am sure the 2 above are cocks so they are for the pot. The 2 (thought to be) hens have gone to live the other side of Ipswich.
A little video of them being chickens:
Posted in Greenhouse, Growing, Sowing on Feb 28th, 2009
With a bit of good weather appearing, I managed to get the greenhouse together and up to the plot, glazed and (almost) ready for planting in.
I just need to finish the staging and move the 2 chickens living inside. The potatoes are already chitting inside along with some sweet peas and a few various flowers [...]
Posted in Greenhouse on Jan 24th, 2009
I am hoping to get the greenhouse frame up on Monday so I can fit the glass on Thursday. I am just wishing for good weather