Sweetcorn update - batch 1

The first batch of seeds sown have shown an almost perfect germination. They now seems to growing about half an inch a day. Thanks to feebs for using her windowsill and keeping a feline eye on them.

Jersey royals to plant

Thanks to fellow allotmenteer John for the. Bag of jersey pots. Will need to do more digging now but it will be worth it.

Potting on 14th may

Nicotiana officinis - to be honest not looking good
Beetroot
Spinach beet

Seeds sown 14th may

Ok, so today:
Borlotti beans
Sweetcorn -second batch
Catmint
Nastursian -can't spell that one!
Courgette

Seeds galore

No visit to allotment for few days but busy at home sowing seeds and potting on. Have almost run out of room and pots are balanced on all manner of bricks and boxes in the garden. Have also annoyed Phoebe as her windowsills are full of propogators with sweetcorn and borlotti beans.
Don't you just love this time of year.

Bring on the beans

Well the lovely rain meant I could spend 3hrs digging the bed for the beans. Lovely day today and I managed to finish the whole bed. Here's hoping for a couple of showers to help break it up. The peas are almost ready for planting now.
Root veg bed next when my back has recovered.

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Rain - hurrah!

At last, a drop of rain to soak through the. Beds. Hopefully I will be able to dig over the beans bed ready for the peas.
More rain expected overnight as well, lovely!

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3rd May - bang up to date!

A few across the allotment
looking lovely!

The fruit trees are shooting
top of the picture

A view across
strawberries and rhubarb in front

27th April - sowing wild poppy seeds in the fruit trees

Not sure this is going to work but thought it was worth a try!

So this is what a hoe does! 27th April

the raspberry bed

the planned bean bed

27th April - the before pictures

26th April - a view of the allotment

Strawberries in foreground
Weeds in the background

26th April - the joy of hoeing!

Strawberries plants return!

Flowering and fruiting strawberries freed from the weedy mess

26th April - let's get clearing

Before experimenting with the hoe!

The arrival of the shed - 12th April

A testing day but with a good end result - lets hope it doesn't blow away!

Thanks Hub and Dad for this, it was a difficult day but we made it!

Its plastic fantastic!

A bit of graffiti to mark the occasion

Fruit trees - 11th April

I must admit when I planted them they looked a bit sad. Hopefully they are all ok but will have to wait and see!

Leeks & japanese onions growing well - 11th April

Before the shed! 11th April

OMG - return of the marestail! - 11th April

Amazing how quickly this stuff grows!

Finishing the potato bed

Finally, its all done!

28th March

29th March

11th April

The wonders of the hoe!

I have never really understand the true value of the hoe before. But faced with a rapidly growing patch of the lovely maretails I decided to see what all the fuss was about.

Having seen fellow allotmenteers gently hoeing their patch I thought it would be a nice serene job. Well, it is after you have tamed the wilderness but I must admit it did a fab job of clearing the tops of the weeds. I know the roots are still there and it will regrow but there is something motivating about chopping the tops off and letting the sun bake them to leave a pristine area of ground.

Piccies to follow - I have before and after.

Long live the hoe - just need to find a sharpener and then we really are in business!