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Friday, April 07, 2006
Planting Potatoes (finally)
The allotment is suffering from a combination of apathy and weather. On those few afternoons at home when I could be bothered to go and dig something up it has either rained or snowed.
Today I decided to confuse the weather gods by going to the allotment in the morning. It's been nearly two weeks since my parents brought me a box of sprouting King Edwards with a rather useful planting guide on the lid.
There were enough potatoes to plant about two-thirds of a row. Then, in line with my previously decided plan, I double dug another row for the row I'd planted in. Just as I was finishing it started raining on me, the weather gods having finally woken up and noticed.
Hopefully I can get some peas dibbed in next week.
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The allotment is suffering from a combination of apathy and weather. On those few afternoons at home when I could be bothered to go and dig something up it has either rained or snowed.
Today I decided to confuse the weather gods by going to the allotment in the morning. It's been nearly two weeks since my parents brought me a box of sprouting King Edwards with a rather useful planting guide on the lid.
There were enough potatoes to plant about two-thirds of a row. Then, in line with my previously decided plan, I double dug another row for the row I'd planted in. Just as I was finishing it started raining on me, the weather gods having finally woken up and noticed.
Hopefully I can get some peas dibbed in next week.
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Friday, June 17, 2005
First Planting
Yes, I have finally managed to plant stuff. A very short row of potatoes has gone down in the pathetically small patch of allotment I've managed to double dig, and there are carrots, lettuce and something else (it'll come back to me when I read the seed packets) in a tray on the kitchen window sill.
Potential for green stuff in the near future. Plus tomorrow we get to burn things.
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Yes, I have finally managed to plant stuff. A very short row of potatoes has gone down in the pathetically small patch of allotment I've managed to double dig, and there are carrots, lettuce and something else (it'll come back to me when I read the seed packets) in a tray on the kitchen window sill.
Potential for green stuff in the near future. Plus tomorrow we get to burn things.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Got Scythe?
Having borrowed a scythe from a neighbour and been shown how to use it, the allotment now has a short back and sides of grass. Today we started digging and tomorrow, weather permitting, I should go back and start double-digging. Start a trench, turn the sods from the next one into it, then dig deeper in the new trench and put the earth from that on top of the sods. If I bury the grass deep enough it won't grow back and, by rotting, will become compost for whatever we grow on top of it.
We have a few potatoes in the carbs cupboard that are beginning to sprout......
Technorati tag: Gardening, Allotment, Double digging
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Having borrowed a scythe from a neighbour and been shown how to use it, the allotment now has a short back and sides of grass. Today we started digging and tomorrow, weather permitting, I should go back and start double-digging. Start a trench, turn the sods from the next one into it, then dig deeper in the new trench and put the earth from that on top of the sods. If I bury the grass deep enough it won't grow back and, by rotting, will become compost for whatever we grow on top of it.
We have a few potatoes in the carbs cupboard that are beginning to sprout......
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Labels: allotment, Compost, Potato
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Sunday, May 08, 2005
Planting timetable
One step closer to getting a Spinneyhead allotment. I should hear back about a plot within a week. Judging by the state of the allotments Damian and I looked at today the first job will be cleaning out the weed and other sprawling plants (securing a shed is high on the to-do list as well). The plan is to clear a row a week and plant a crop or two in each one so that there'll be a rolling crop as stuff matures.
Pages like this one tell me I should be planting beetroot, swede, dwarf French and runner beans as well as potatoes. Further research should give me hints for plants to start on the windowsill for future transplanting.
I'm all excited, I want the adventure to begin.
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One step closer to getting a Spinneyhead allotment. I should hear back about a plot within a week. Judging by the state of the allotments Damian and I looked at today the first job will be cleaning out the weed and other sprawling plants (securing a shed is high on the to-do list as well). The plan is to clear a row a week and plant a crop or two in each one so that there'll be a rolling crop as stuff matures.
Pages like this one tell me I should be planting beetroot, swede, dwarf French and runner beans as well as potatoes. Further research should give me hints for plants to start on the windowsill for future transplanting.
I'm all excited, I want the adventure to begin.
Technorati tag: Gardening, Allotment
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