Hold fast peeps and keep your seeds dry. For now. Though tempted, and more than ready, I am going to leave it a week or two before I make a start. I have lost too many seeds in the past few years because I just couldn’t wait, and I guess the cold conditions prevented them… Read More »
Winter is the time for us allotmenteers to sit back, relax, but most importantly, plan. So we’re told. Saw this interesting article in the newspaper that is worth a look (click right) if only to try to ‘connect’ to this seemingly dormant period of the growing season. And a neat video I found via the National… Read More »
So, I usually start my runner beans off in trays in my south-facing back garden. But this year, hardly any have come through. Have I watered too much, or not enough? Are my beans ‘old’? Do bean seeds (or any seeds) have a lifespan after which they aren’t any good? I truly don’t know but… Read More »
2023 Season: After several weeks of chitting, seed potatoes are in. Two rows of 10 each Pentland Javelin for harvesting Jun/Jul, and 3 rows of 9 each Desiree for harvesting Sep/Oct. Also planted some onion sets. Several dozen in fact as last years crop lasted all through the winter (Sturon and Red Onion). Next up:… Read More »
I posted last March that there was plenty of free horse manure to be had locally. I duly filled both of my compost daleks and left it to rot down. It reduced in volume by a half over the summer and so I topped one of them up with weeds and unwanted greens removed during… Read More »