June 4, 2010

Beautiful Garden, Productive Allotment

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I know it is a typical British habit to talk about the weather, and looking back through the blog, it has been a recurring theme. However I’m going to do it again. The weather is GLORIOUS! It is sunny, hot and there is a mild breeze so the humidity is low. Every plant, fruit, vegetable and flower has pulled out all the stops in response to the sun so I have decided to let them do the talking in this posting:

Tomatoes are appearing...

Mint next to the back door.. lovely with our potatoes..

Strawberries plumping up nicely...

Shimmering wall of white clematis....

Mad looking flowers that I don't know the name of.....

The blue iris flags are starting to appear....

At the allotment, all those little seedlings are growing up....

The marigolds are cheering up the chard, lettuce and spinach....

The potatoes, peas and beans are all in flower.....

The first gooseberries were picked....

And the chives are in flower, bring in the bees...

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May 3, 2010

Hail then Sun then Rain then Hail

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Today was supposed to be the driest day of the holiday weekend… instead we have had just about every type of weather in rolling successions. Still, plants had to be planted and seeds had to be sown.

Jobs completed today:

  • Planted my parsnips… first time I have tried these
  • Planted some more fennel plants
  • Planted out my Rainbow Chard
  • Planted my cos and salad bowl lettuce
  • Finally planted my leeks from last year.. however I beginning to think they may be spring onions… I will have to wait and see what they do.
  • Sowed Picante peas, white beetroot, red beetroot and radish.

I have covered the new planting with metal mesh, not environ-mesh. This will keep the pigeons off but let the rain and the sun in.

One more bed completed:

A New Bed of Parsnips, Chard, Fennel, Peas and Beetroot.

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