Monday 29 April 2013
29 April - Better late than never!
At last I have sown some 'Sunstripe' F1 hybrid courgettes, 'Atlantic Giant' pumpkins and butternut squash (2 varieties - ' Waltham Butternut' Duchy Originals and 'Harrier' F1). I'm a bit behind last year due to the cold but there wasn't much point doing them earlier. I have also sown the sweetcorn. The peas which I did a couple of weeks ago in toilet roll inners in an old kitchen basin are starting to show their heads.
I spent a morning on the plot on Sunday and dug over the back bed on the top allotment where the beans and raspberries were. I've decided this will be the pumpkin, squash and courgette bed and I will move the runner/french/cobra beans to the front (note to self: sow some beans!).
Apart from the African Marigolds, I haven't done any flowers yet, lack of space hasn't helped either! I'll have to sow a few in a tray.
I've moved the leeks into the greehouse along with the peas and the sweetcorn to give the new stuff a chance to germinate.
Sunday 21 April 2013
Oompa Loompa
I fear I am turning into an Oompa Loompa!
"Oompa Loompa, do-ba-dee-doo,
I’ve got a perfect puzzle for you.
Oompa Loompa, do-ba-dee-dee,
If you are wise you’ll listen to me.
What do you get when a parsnip you chop?
A bleedin' ORANGE stain you can't get off!"
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I prepared a load of parsnips - washed, peeled, chopped - ready for the freezer and I thought of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when I saw my hand! No amount of washing seems to have shifted it. I am going to get some industrial hand cleaner from work and give it a good scrub see if that shifts it.
What the hell is in parsnips?
I spent a fair bit of time up at the plot and sowed 2 rows of peas (Ambassador) in one of the raised beds in the bottom allotment and got various other beds ready for planting/sowing.
On the top allotment I put the last of the potatoes in - 20 Setanta and 20 Melody making 100 in total.
Like a lot of gardeners I am a bit behind after the cold March, I have peppers, cabbages, triffid like tomatoes, sweet peas, leeks, etc. in the conservatory and some peas in toilet roll inners in the greenhouse. I'm hoping to put the tomatoes in the greenhouse soon, I'll just need to watch for frosts as I have no heating in there but the candles under metal trays worked okay in previous years.
I need to sow some more stuff like courgettes, squashes, pumpkins, sweetcorn but it's probably a good thing I haven't done them yet as I am quite often tempted to push it a bit and sow stuff too early.
"Oompa Loompa, do-ba-dee-doo,
I’ve got a perfect puzzle for you.
Oompa Loompa, do-ba-dee-dee,
If you are wise you’ll listen to me.
What do you get when a parsnip you chop?
A bleedin' ORANGE stain you can't get off!"
*
I prepared a load of parsnips - washed, peeled, chopped - ready for the freezer and I thought of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when I saw my hand! No amount of washing seems to have shifted it. I am going to get some industrial hand cleaner from work and give it a good scrub see if that shifts it.
What the hell is in parsnips?
I spent a fair bit of time up at the plot and sowed 2 rows of peas (Ambassador) in one of the raised beds in the bottom allotment and got various other beds ready for planting/sowing.
On the top allotment I put the last of the potatoes in - 20 Setanta and 20 Melody making 100 in total.
Like a lot of gardeners I am a bit behind after the cold March, I have peppers, cabbages, triffid like tomatoes, sweet peas, leeks, etc. in the conservatory and some peas in toilet roll inners in the greenhouse. I'm hoping to put the tomatoes in the greenhouse soon, I'll just need to watch for frosts as I have no heating in there but the candles under metal trays worked okay in previous years.
I need to sow some more stuff like courgettes, squashes, pumpkins, sweetcorn but it's probably a good thing I haven't done them yet as I am quite often tempted to push it a bit and sow stuff too early.
Monday 8 April 2013
6 & 7 April
2 trips to the plot at the weekend.
On Saturday I went in the car as I had 40 seed potatoes to take with me and I brought a trug full of parsnips, beetroot and leeks back!
I put 20 Melody potatoes in a raised bed on the bottom allotment:
and managed to put 10 Sarpo Mira in row on the top allotment.
On Sunday, I went up on my bike and put the other 10 Sarpo in next to the first 10. I also sowed a row of parsnips and some salad leaves on the top allotment.
Back at home in the conservatory, the Alicante tomatoes are getting quite big (I may have started them off a bit early!) and the Sungold are coming along ok. The marigolds have germinated and are 1+ inches high and the nasturtiums are getting quite tall. The cabbages and peppers seem to be growing well too.
and managed to put 10 Sarpo Mira in row on the top allotment.
On Sunday, I went up on my bike and put the other 10 Sarpo in next to the first 10. I also sowed a row of parsnips and some salad leaves on the top allotment.
Back at home in the conservatory, the Alicante tomatoes are getting quite big (I may have started them off a bit early!) and the Sungold are coming along ok. The marigolds have germinated and are 1+ inches high and the nasturtiums are getting quite tall. The cabbages and peppers seem to be growing well too.
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