A photo blog about the fun of being an urban farmer. Had allotment for years but now help others and have a small garden! Weed it and reap!
31 March 2010
26 March 2010
Equinox!
Some photos for you:
- Peas (right)
- Plot Views (down & up)
- Rhubarb
- Flowers
- Onions & Leeks
- Gooseberries / Blueberries
- Garlic
- Flower Pots
- Onion Sets
- Parsnip & Carrot
- Leek Walk
- Cosmos Flowers
- Leeks
- Broccoli
- Broad Beans
- Beetroot
21 March 2010
Warm Spring Weekend
Had a practical weekend. I decided to move the entrance to my plot nearer to the fence - should confuse any would be vandals. I filled the old gap with a door I was using for the compost bins. Where the door was, I made a bay using some old planks.
Rebuilding the paths
I lifted the old bricks and relaid them - makes it less muddy walking about.
Planting, Poundland and Plotting
Planted the onions and garlic I had sprouting in the greenhouse. Got some cheap cloches from Poundland, so put them in the middle row - this will be where the beans will be.
Happy Equinox!
19 March 2010
Weather Update: A Warm Spike in March
Despite this, it looks like March will come under the long term ave. for March (6.3C) by about -0.5 to -1.0 C - so a range between 5.3C and 5.8C is likely. To put his into context, this is a run of 4 months all below ave. (Dec = -1.5C, Jan = -2.4C, Feb = -1.0C & Mar = -0.5 to -1.0).
Let's see what April 2010 will bring. More below ave. temps like the 1980s?
Rain & Spring Showers
After a long spell of high pressure giving us settled, dry and cold temps - looks like the jet stream is back and will be associated with low pressure systems, rain and warmish air.
Here's to spring!!!
Extra Sowings
To take advantage of this new weather regime I have sowed some sweetcorn - will see if this comes up strongly in the next few weeks.
£1 Pound Bargains
Am off to £1 land to go on the hunt for cheap bargains for lotty - have had a look online and it looks like I can get a plastic bench cover which is a good enough size that I could use as a poly-tunnel-cloche...will update on this later.....
13 March 2010
Good Day Down Lotty - Erected An Arch Too!
Today was a barmy + 6 degrees, not bad since last weekend loads of places broke overnight record lows (minus 7 to 9 was common).
The temps have not caused too much of an issue for my seedlings - had a look in the greenhouse to find the following have sprouted:
- Perpetual Spinach
- Beetroot
- Cabbage
- Kale
Arch Erection
Sounds rude - but this was a gift from my parents - am using it to grow beans (Runners & Berlotti), should look lovely.
New Paths
Decided to revamp the paths and bed borders. I made the main path a bit thinner and took the extra bricks to make 1-brick width paths to separate the beds. This should make getting about the plot much easier and less muddy.
With the top bed, I made a new middle path ad erected the arch to mark the new entrance.
Planted Globe Artichokes & Flowers
I finally planted the globe artichoke 'bulbs' - put them either side of the arch, to make a nice feature. Also, put one more at the end of a middle bed. The flowers were planted mid access path to break up the look. Have planted Lupins and Delphiniums.
More Poo & Compost
Went out on a spending spree and bought 3 x 75 litre bags of compost and 4 x 25 litre bags of rotted horse poo. Oh and some organic slug pellets.
More Tomatoes
Sowed some more varieties of tomatoes:
- Striped Tomato
- Cherry Type
- Pomorodo
- Tamina
1 March 2010
End of Feb 2010
February continued the very cold run - with well below average temps, lots of snow and ice!
But, that didn't stop me from sowing and I have some seedlings coming along just fine:
So all hail the plastic greenhouse!!! Will follow up this post with a vid very soon....
Labels:
2010,
Extreme Weather,
Video,
Winter
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