Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Grow It Magazine (Click Here)
I've only just seen this in the newsagents last month and will definitely buy it evey month. There are links to other magazines at the bottom of the page.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Nice Weather For Potting
From glorious weather to really crap weather, that's England for you. I was called out to work about 4am Sunday and had to drive through sheets of snow, for a quickly sorted 10 min visit. I was glad to snuggle up in bed when I got back, only to be called out again at 9.30am. After that longer visit, I took a drive up to the allotment just to check on my new fresh frozen peas. Birdseye eat your heart out! I think they will survive, as will the broad beans, but wrapped fleece around the supports just in case there was another flurry.
Spent the afternoon today sowing Dwarf French beans in pots, along with cucumbers. The Italian beans are doing nicely in the mini greenhouse, as are the globe artichokes(which will be transplanted this coming weekend)Courgettes are taking their time in showing.
As you can see from the photo above, I have constructed a coldframe, which I hope to extend upwards into a kind of greenhouse/warm house, with some staging.(That's not a windswept bin in front, that's my undercover Rhubarb, next to my two open ones) Cheaper than investing in a grown ups greenhouse. I'd like one of those, but I have transportation problems in getting it up to the allotment.I shall just have to put my d-i-y skills to the test.
I've finally finished drawing out the plan for the allotment, but as I have changed it around on paper and in my mind about three times already, I'm sure that it will be nothing like the finished product in the ground.I will try and get it done with the free trial version of 'Growveg' and then scan it and post it on here. A test of my computer skills is called for I think, so watch this space!
My problem now is trying to arrange my plot visits around varying shifts, so it will be fun to see how that plays out. With the longer evenings and the better weather, I'm looking forward to spending more and more time up there.
Spent the afternoon today sowing Dwarf French beans in pots, along with cucumbers. The Italian beans are doing nicely in the mini greenhouse, as are the globe artichokes(which will be transplanted this coming weekend)Courgettes are taking their time in showing.
As you can see from the photo above, I have constructed a coldframe, which I hope to extend upwards into a kind of greenhouse/warm house, with some staging.(That's not a windswept bin in front, that's my undercover Rhubarb, next to my two open ones) Cheaper than investing in a grown ups greenhouse. I'd like one of those, but I have transportation problems in getting it up to the allotment.I shall just have to put my d-i-y skills to the test.
I've finally finished drawing out the plan for the allotment, but as I have changed it around on paper and in my mind about three times already, I'm sure that it will be nothing like the finished product in the ground.I will try and get it done with the free trial version of 'Growveg' and then scan it and post it on here. A test of my computer skills is called for I think, so watch this space!
My problem now is trying to arrange my plot visits around varying shifts, so it will be fun to see how that plays out. With the longer evenings and the better weather, I'm looking forward to spending more and more time up there.
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