28 April 2011
Easter photos!
Here are some photos taken by Jane Green©. They actually feature me!! Oh and there are some great ones of my new bird population (well just a Great Tit) as I have invited them to my plot thanks to my new bird feeding station and my fats balls / mealworms.
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| Great Tit + fat ball |
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| Great Tit |
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| Arty tubs |
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| Great Tit |
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| Fat balls |
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| Good shot of Great tit |
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| Foxglove |
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| Another Great Tit - or the same one! |
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| Tubs |
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| Me |
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| Raspberry patch |
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| Me planting stuff |
Still no rain - but all looking good!
Been busy (as it is my hols):
- Build new security fence
- Planted a Pear and Cherry Tree
- Painted the shed green
- Planted the Nasturtiums down the fence
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| Staffs County Flag (on neighbours plot) |
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| New security fence |
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| New gate |
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| Potatoes up - have earthed them up now - sorry Radishes! |
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| Carrots |
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| Broad beans and Onions |
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| Tomatoes and Nasturtiums |
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| Old compost bay - now replanted with Laural and squashes |
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| New Cherry tree |
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| New Pear tree |
20 April 2011
All a bit of history repeating?
Seems we are either repeating the April of last year (excluding volcano) or 2007 or even 1989 - either way it appears that the very long dry spell and warm temps may mean a very wet May. Back in 2007 we had a very warm and dry April (record breaking) then record breaking May for wet.
Anyway - here are some photos:
Anyway - here are some photos:
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| Broad beans |
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| Sweetcorn |
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| Wild Flowers |
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| Sunflowers |
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| Cosmos |
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| Sweet Peas |
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| Basil |
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| First ever cucumbers |
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| Peas |
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| Rocket [left] Spinach [right] |
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| Potatoes and Radish together [at last] |
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| Onions |
10 April 2011
What a warm week!
Certainly got warmer - about 20°C. Did lots of sowing last weekend and the Cosmos came up yesterday. The Coreopsis came up today - so 4 to 6 days to germinate.!!
Yesterday bought loads of bird stuff to try and attract them onto the plot - natural bug killers! Also spent some time building a bird feeding station - some 6ft high! Leaving yesterday - noticed a Great Tit and 2 Robins.
Sowed some carrots in bins - so no chance of carrot fly and the soil is pretty much stone free. Fingers crossed for 3rd year lucky. Put my large tomatoes in their final resting place - in sunken pots in the new greenhouse - surrounded by gravel
Yesterday bought loads of bird stuff to try and attract them onto the plot - natural bug killers! Also spent some time building a bird feeding station - some 6ft high! Leaving yesterday - noticed a Great Tit and 2 Robins.
Sowed some carrots in bins - so no chance of carrot fly and the soil is pretty much stone free. Fingers crossed for 3rd year lucky. Put my large tomatoes in their final resting place - in sunken pots in the new greenhouse - surrounded by gravel
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| Lotty hub |
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| Tomatoes in |
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| Cabbage, Cauliflower, Swede, Beetroot and Swede |
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| Broad beans and Onions (hanging baskets on poles) |
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| Homemade feeding station |
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| New bird box |
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| Carrot bins |
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| Rocket Spinach Lettuce |
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| Hanging baskets |
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| Cosmos up |
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| Peppers, Sweetcorn, flowers |
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| Very sunny but dry plot |
3 April 2011
Very busy week on new plot
Been a busy week sorting out my new (free) greenhouse - repairing and painting.
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| Frame as I got it |
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| Stained green and new plastic roof |
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| Back view with panel |
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| Side view - I have a window and new retaining wall |
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