VegetableBen: Weed it and Reap!

27 February 2011

Subs day and yard work

Have to pay my subs today - a whopping 15 pounds.

Other than that, have done very little on lotty this month as it has been too wet. As an alternative, I have been working on the yard by tidying it up and also by some bedding plants / new wire racks.

I have also been chitting my spuds, but I must get down lotty and sow some Broad Beans - guess I will do this today.

Video and photos soon - when there is something to record!!! Such is the time of year- so much pent up excitment!!!

5 February 2011

End of Jan into Feb vid

Feb - damp, windy but warm

Windy mess

Tomatoes in Propagator

Damp

Steptoe's Yard?

3 February 2011

February - it's nearly time

Not done much down lotty for a bit so not much to write about. However, on the home front, I have bought a Stewarts propagator so I can start off my tomatoes for this year.

http://www.stewartcompany.co.uk/14-propagators

Will do an end of Jan assessment vid and post asap.

21 January 2011

Chilly again..

No not the plants - yes the weather.

Anyway, puns aside, the weather has been warmer than average and wet of late. However, we have had 2 days of quite cold days and -3°C nights (heavy frost good for killing snail eggs in soil).

I have been back in training down the gym this week - arms are very sore - so unless things improve tomorrow then I will probably miss out on some digging this weekend.

We will see....

16 January 2011

No lotty action this weekend

Despite being quite mild for this time of year, too much rain meant it wasn't worth going down for a dig.

Nevermind, as you can see for the sowing/planting grid, nothing much is due to happen until the middle of February.

Here's to counting off the days.

15 January 2011

Seeds, seeds and more seeds!

Been out shopping today for this year's seeds.

Company	Variety	Vegetable	Sow Inside	Plant Outside
Unwins	Casablanca	Potato	February	February
Johnsons	Bunyards Exhibition	Broad Bean	February	March
Johnsons	Oskar	Pea	March	April
Johnsons	Outdoor Girl	Tomato	March	April
Suttons	Boltardy	Beetroot	March	May
Suttons	Greyhound	Cabbage	March	May
Johnsons	Cobnut	Squash	March	May
Unwins	Seville	Sweetcorn	March	May
Suttons	Invitation	Swede	April	April
Johnsons	Sultana	Climbing Bean	April	May
Suttons	Heavyweight	Pumpkin	April	May
Johnsons	All Green Bush	Courgette	April	May
Unwins	Jumbo Pink Banana	Squash	April	May
Johnsons	Purple Teepee	Dwarft Bean	April	June