April 2008

Sadly Barren

April 28, 2008
Sadly Barren

The title applies to me and not the plot which continues to be satisfyingly productive as todays steamer contents will confirm. I had a phone call today from my parents who were happy yet a little puzzled to find my blog mentioned in the Saturday edition of the Telegraph under the section: Best Allotment Blogs. [...]

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Angel of the North

April 28, 2008
Angel of the North

I’ve just been taking a look at the google earth image of my plot. I was wondering if my attempts to improve the surface of my tiny portion of the Earth were visible to the man in the moon yet. It seems like google haven’t updated their satellite images since around November 07 as the [...]

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Greenhouse or Kite?

April 27, 2008
Greenhouse or Kite?

Well the “greenhouse” is still in one piece but is arousing amused glances on the plot. Quite a number of people have let me know that they won’t be at all surprised to see it floating above their patch like a tomato laden hot air balloon. I got a few really helpful comments to my [...]

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What a Scorcher

April 26, 2008
What a Scorcher

I reckon this is going to end up being a picture post, I’m far too shattered to string words together. The day was glorious but after about 6 hours on the plot my skin is tightly shriveling with the sunburn and I need to spend the next month in a vat of E45 cream. My [...]

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Purple Throbbing Digitalis

April 19, 2008
Purple Throbbing Digitalis

There was a bit of a water crisis on the site last weekend, a huge leak had been discovered in one of the pipes and a rumour spread suggesting we were going to be without running water forever. Even though it seemed to have been sorted out on my half of the site by the [...]

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Pickled Nasturtium Seeds

April 17, 2008
Pickled Nasturtium Seeds

A long time ago I read somewhere that nasturtium seeds can be pickled and used as a replacement caper. I love capers but don’t feel so upbeat about the price of the tiny little jars so I’ve been wanting to try out this cheapskate trick for ages. I’ve got a few plants started in the [...]

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Slugs Bite Back

April 7, 2008
Slugs Bite Back

I knew those darn slugs would mount some kind of retaliatory assault. This little clump of useless stalks is all that remains of a healthy French Parsley specimen I planted last weekend. They’ve also been along the line of brassica seedlings under the environmesh and eaten every last one of them. All that is left [...]

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