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LATEST ARTICLES ( 68 )

• Potato Trial the Results................

  

  PWEW!... what a summer it’s been there hasn’t been enough hours in the day to do it all so I apologise to you all for my lack of updates over this period, but... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Potato Trial: Second Early Potatoes

  

  Today is the turn of the second early potatoes, those of you that regularly read my blog will know that my first earlies were a bit of a disaster. Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• "Know Your Onions"

  

  It’s been a good year for me anyway with my onions, normally with wet weather I find onions not to do so well, but this year I have had a bumper crop, only had ... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• French Beans Or No French Beans?

  

  Just a short visit to the allotment this week, to pick a few things quick tidy up and check over to see what’s what. The French beans planted a few weeks ago ar... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Learning from My Mistakes...

  

  Last year my Brassicas didn’t really come too much, I planted cabbage, sprouting broccoli Brussels sprouts I had a few cabbages but the sprouts broccoli... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• The GreenHouse Affect.......

  

  Thought I would give you a update on my greenhouse activity’s thus far for 2012, I am growing 5 different varieties of tomato this year, yes yes I know I said... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• My First Garlic Havest

  

  this year I had real high hopes for my garlic I had grown it before but only on a small scale and didn’t really know what I was doing and the outcome were... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Potato Trial: The First Earlies

  

  What a hectic week, SO busy at work right now not much time for the plot so yesterday on my day off I made the most of the fantastic weather and spent the... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Sacre Bleu...its a French Invasion!

  

  Today is Bean day. The wife and I made good use of the halt in the rain to get 2 hours down the allotment, so we got the bean frames up and the beans in. Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• What on Earth........

  

  What another wonderful day, morning off work my 2 girls at school so off the allotment I go. Time to get the sweetcorn in the ground, a spot of light weeding... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2012 GARDENING

• Squashes, Wigwams & Raspberries

  

  WOW. What a difference a week makes, this time last week it was chucking it down with temperatures of 10°C this week it’s in the high 20’s and with a prolonged... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2012 GARDENING

• Frozen in Time,waiting for the Sun.....

  

  I must start with an a apology, I haven’t blogged as much the last few weeks, I am in the process of moving jobs, to a much larger kitchen within the same... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• The First Harvest of the New Season....

  

  Well today saw me harvest the first meaningful crop from this year’s sowings, I had a lovely bunch of radishes, they were sweet and very peppery just what you... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2012 GARDENING

• The Adventure One Year On..........

  

  Wow has it really been a year?.....tomorrow(4th) sees my first year as an allotment holder the time has really flown by, I can’t imagine life without the... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2012 GARDENING

• Sunday Morning Treat.

  

  A rare Sunday morning off so the weather was good so down the plot I went, I was dreading it a bit as I have been reading a lot of other blogs and everyone... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2012 GARDENING

• Theres Only One Thing to Do with Weather Like This...shed Time.

  

  Well the rain has finally arrived it’s great for the garden and the allotment but means things at the plot have slowed up a little. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Potato Trial Part 2

  

  I hope you all had a good Easter and managed to get some quality time down your plots. Me I mainly worked all Easter and didn’t get time to do much on the... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Timber!!!..........

  

  In my garden at home we had a wonderful Eucalyptus tree it was planted the first year we moved in and it was only a small shrub about 3ft tall but over the year... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Busy, Busy, Busy...

  

  The past week has been a good one down at plot 58, lots of jobs ticked off the list and I managed to get a few decent pictures too. The pear tree is bursting... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• What Would Your Choice Be?

  

  Today I potted on my tomatoes as my 3 year old decided wile daddy was at work she would look after them for me and water them LOTS like she did my onions! (And... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2012 GARDENING