Come May, it was all about keeping the weeds away and making sure everyone had enough water. The leeks and herbs and potatoes were now in. The rate at which everything was growing was a real pleasant surprise, the al day sun, really good weather and access to ground water means that compared to pot [...]
In April, realsing that is was going to take many hours to really get going on the allotment, I decided to take a week off and go for it. Hired a big Passat Estate (dad car) and set to work on digging up more of the allotment and setting out some beds. Also managed to [...]
Last Tuesday a Ton of fresh organic top soil arrived from my friends at Dandies Soil, I was out so it was delivered into the parking space in the front of the house, 2 weeks of rain meant it was going nowhere fast. Finally on Sunday me and Matt managed to get it into the [...]
Last Saturday, armed with a Petrol Driven Generator, A Circular Saw, 20 Large planks of wood, 2 electric drills and 4 friends, project allotment got underway.
An early trip to B&Q to get the wood was followed by a cheeky stop at Greggs to get the pies and on to the allotment we went, the wood [...]
I was looking around for some info on how to best build a raised vegetable bed, and a quick search on You tube turned up these videos.
This one has the be the most perfect raised bed allotment in the world.
When it comes to constructing a raised bed, this video was the most instructive when looking [...]
Not having enough space to grown more vegetables has been my ongoing problem for the last few years. So when I received the call last month informing me that there is now an allotment site available for me, it was a dream come true. 18 months on the waiting list had not dampened my desire, [...]
So the summer is officially coming to a close and the plants are generally past their best, but it has been the best harvest ive had and made me realise even more how much i love growing. Next year I will grow more!
Its July in the garden and all is well. Pretty much everything is doing well and nothing else has gone to the big garden in the sky.
Ive ignored all guidance on the corn and am still growing 4 of them in the same pot. The peas and mange tout are doing amazingly well, climbing up [...]
The sweetcorn I bought came in a small pot with 4 plants in it, so I just planted this in a bigger pot and hoped they would grow. But Chris’s mum jean gave me a great tip yesterday, which was they need to be planted in a grid with lots of space in order to pollinate correctly. [...]
I was looking for some guidance on the best conditions for growing peas, and found this really usefull page with everything you need to know, really simply laid out. http://usagardener.com/how_to_grow_vegetables/how_to_grow_peas.php
Am now going to move my peas to the end of the garden to get more sun.
