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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Let the planting commence!
I managed to get my first early potatoes planted into the ground on my half Now that the weather is warming up a little, they should be fine. I don’t plot.have the strength at the moment to dig a … Continue reading
The Mound at Park Lane!
Now I like a challenge as much as the next person, but even I was initially put off by the mound that was on our new allotment plot that we now call Park Lane. It seemed like such a daunting project … Continue reading
Posted in Allotment
Tagged Allotment, carpet, garden, membrane, Mound, Park Lane, raised bed garden, soil, vegetable, weed suppresant membrane, weeds
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April Update
First of all let me apologise for my lack of posts recently. The weather had a major part to play in my lack of writing as I was unable to get out either into the garden or on my plot … Continue reading
Posted in Allotment
Tagged compost, couch grass, Easter, garden, leaf mould, raised bed garden, raised beds, rotovator, weeds
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National Garden Week
After watching an episode of gardeners world on BBC, Monty don reminded me that it was National Garden Week this week and the main focus was to encourage more people to grow wildflowers within their garden. Many wild flowers are … Continue reading
Posted in Allotment, Information
Tagged BBC, bees, butterflies, garden, Gardeners world, Monty Don, National Gardeners Week, National Gardening Week, Plant, pollinating, pollinating insects, Seed, sow, Wildflower
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Spot light on……Tomatoes
Tomatoes are one of the easiest, tastiest and most versatile vegetables to grow. The can be grown indoors or outdoors; in pots on the windowsill, on the patio in grow bags or hanging baskets off the shed. They can be … Continue reading
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Tagged alicante, Allotment, beefsteak, blight, blossom end rot, bush, cherry tomato, container plants, cordon, determinate, ethylene gas, fruit, garden pearl, gardeners delight, indeterminate, marmande, moneymaker, plum tomato, ripe banana, ripening tomatoes, roma, San Marzano, shirley, side shoots, Solanaceae, stem rot, tigerella, tomato, tumbling tom
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What to do in April
Ideally, vegetable and fruit growing should be keeping us busy mostly this month but with the cold wintery conditions that we have been experiencing here in the UK, we are so far behind. I wonder whether we will really ever catch … Continue reading
Posted in Allotment, What to do this month
Tagged Allotment, broccoli, Brussels sprout, cabbage, calabrese, cauliflower, Chilli, compost, fruit, garden, Garlic, Green bean, Harden, Jerusalem artichoke, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, Plant, plants, potato, potatoes, Seed, seeds, Shallot, shallots, sow, Sowing, turnips, vegetable, winter squash
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