Vicky and Nick's Allotment Blog
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en-us2013-06-10T14:58:10+00:00Well into the year now
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So one whole set of french and runner beans up, with courgettes underneath (with some gaps to put the later bush + round courgettes in), and a structure for growing more beans full of butternuts underneath (which can all run...Andwynn2013-06-10T14:58:10+00:00Germination
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Sowed some trays of things a couple of weeks back, have had hit and miss success so far. The boys also have some courgettes, butternut + sweetcorn on the go on their window sills, which are doing ok by the...Andwynn2013-03-26T11:15:32+00:00New Year, Same Old 'Lotment
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Today I made Allotment Soup! Ingredients from the allotment: * 1 swede * 4 leeks * 1 head of cavolo nero * 2 bunches of swiss chard * handful of dodgy potatoes Extra ingredients: * can of chopped tomatoes *...Andwynn2013-01-06T21:23:35+00:00Tomato tomato raspberry tomato
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The tomatoes are now in full swing, so to speak. Had a bit of a disaster earlier this week where all the strings holding them up got too weighed down, and the strings snapped and/or the greenhouse clips fell out!...Andwynn2012-08-21T17:48:12+00:00Fruitful time
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Red-, white-, black-currants, gooseberries + now the raspberries are coming out! Couple of strawberry flowers coming out in time for a second flourish (or maybe a first on the 'new' plants). And the tomatoes are coming good now. Still no...Andwynn2012-07-30T23:35:28+00:00Harvest Time!
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Broad beans have been going for a while, but now we're fully in the swing of red currants, white currants, gooseberries, strawberries and peas! Not to mention the potatoes. Nick made lovely mashed potato yesterday. The runner beans have had...Andwynn2012-07-10T11:58:04+00:00Good news, bad news
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Well, the bad news is the butternut squashes. After 1/3 of them dying almost straight away after being planted out, then another 1/3 of them perishing within a week, they've now all totally gone. :-( Looks like it's mostly slugs,...Andwynn2012-06-18T11:39:03+00:00Tomatoes a go-go
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Greenhouse 1 is almost out of tomato space. 2 bags of GD, 1 bag of rosada, 1 bag of harbinger, 1 left to go. Plus 2 Melon Trees (about 8 melons in each, with room, if I don't kill them,...Andwynn2012-05-19T21:42:53+00:00First Broad Bean!
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Checked the stray broad bean plant that is growing next to the kitchen window in the grape pot, and it has set its first fruit! Mind you, it's been about a month ahead of everything else for quite some time....Andwynn2012-05-11T10:38:55+00:00Spudding along
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First 4 sets of potatoes planted now. Annabel and Rocket in rows of individually bagged spuds. Charlottes went in last week. Just put the Lady Christl in today. 4 or 5 left to go....Andwynn2012-04-02T23:02:40+00:00Load of Poo
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The council finally delivered a load of poo fresh from pets' corner. Just in time for me finishing digging over the new strawberry patch (tobe). So we've given it a liberal coating of poo. Nick has also buried his 2...Andwynn2012-03-25T21:57:37+00:00Anyone want any seeds??
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I've finally dug out all of last year's seeds to see what is left over, and the answer is - rather a lot! Something like 800-850 tomato seeds. Annoyingly, no rosada. :-( Just the empty packet, saying they were 3.19...Andwynn2012-03-10T19:21:25+00:00First spuds in!
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Finally got the first 5 annabels in at the weekend. Although they're a bit far apart, I may have to dig them back up and shuffle them together so I can fit more in. (Panic not - they're in black...Andwynn2012-03-05T21:45:43+00:00Late Feb plantings + update
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Bit of a review of what is and isn't working so far, and what we have done this weekend....Andwynn2012-02-26T22:50:52+00:00Plantings so far
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This is a list of everything planted so far this year...Andwynn2012-02-12T18:01:28+00:00