27 May 2011
Letter from Tristram Hunt MP
Emailed Tristram Hunt MP this month about the plans to remove statutory duties for local councils to provide allotments for residents. Well got a letter back from the House of Commons from Department for Communities via Tristram...will update / post the letter asap.
21 May 2011
Refound camera photos
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| Surfinia |
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| Foxglove |
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| Chive + bee |
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| Chive and broad beans |
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| Courgettes and sweetcorn |
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| White foxgloves |
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| Flowers |
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| Climbing beans |
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| Lupin |
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| Lupin |
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| Lupin |
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| Broad bean flower |
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| Red currants |
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| Gooseberries |
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| Nasturtium hanging baskets |
Found my camera!!!
Managed to find my camera - actually my GF did!
However, still had these photos left to post from my phone - enjoy:
However, still had these photos left to post from my phone - enjoy:
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| Sweetcorn block |
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| Cherry tree and flower patch |
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| Foxgloves |
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| Sweetcorn |
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| Climbing beans |
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| Potatoes! |
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| Broad beans and chives |
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| Onions and flowers |
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| Sunflowers and cosmos |
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| Root veg (and a bit weedy) |
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| Tomatoes |
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| Flowering tomato |
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| Tomato greenhouse |
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| Raspberries |
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| Aerial plot shot |
13 May 2011
It's rained - -and a lot
No photos - but it has rained a lot on and off all week.
Temps are ok too so shouldn't bother the sweetcorn I have now planted.
Temps are ok too so shouldn't bother the sweetcorn I have now planted.
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 |
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