fab looking garlic, not sure it’ll bulb up as it didn’t get a very cold spell after I put it in.
Sowing frenzy
(the correct use of a seed potato)
Just a list of what I sowed yesterday/today
- Ammi Majus. Bishops Flower
- Bupleurum Griffith
- Runner beans
- Ballotti beans
- Carrots
- Spring onions
- Leaks
- Purple sprouting broccoli
- Brussel sprouts
and a few other things that have germinated.
- Helianthus Sunflower Earthwalker
- Ricinus Impala
- Cerinthe Major Purpurascens
The cold frame is filling up nicely.
I also planted out 10(ish) broad bean plants. I’ll pop some seeds straight in in a week or so, hopefully we’ll have loads of beans (great on toast :). We had problems with black fly last year so I’ll need to keep an eye on them.
A sign of Spring
Ian & Diane’s plant stall… a sure sign that spring is here… some good looking Rhubarb and Armeria (aka thrift) on there.
planted today:
- Basil
- Cucumbers
- Courgettes
Rainy Romans
While we were visiting Burgh Castle it rained enough to fill our water butt… I had to empty it because it had sprung a leak… all hail the mighty super glue (you had better hold #shakesfist). It is fed from a 4.5m2 flat roof, so there must have been a lot of rain. The river down by the allotment was pretty high last night, so we are going to put another fish trap in to see what difference a fast flowing river makes.
Ricinus Impala
Fantastic looking Ricinus Impala seeds from Higgledy Garden, I planted these today, but got distracted so didn’t mange to get the rest in.
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Sticklebacks
We have a river which runs through our allotment site, it usually dries up in the summer with only a few small pools left for any wildlife. We wanted to know if there were any fish in it so we built a fish trap out of a plastic bottle and some dried mango. Dried mango works brilliantly, we tried with just bread but we didn’t catch as many.
tadpole for breakfast
Well not really, obviously, but he did get bought to the table to “join in” … as with all wildlife that gets captured, studied and admired he’ll be released back to where he came from. We are going to the river down by the allotments later today to see if we can capture some sticklebacks.
sunny day… ahhh
Trampoline Time
Mulched
The Strawberries, Gooseberries and Raspberries looking good, all mulched up 🙂
oh yeah and look at that, I forgot the Rhubarb.
Bellmeadow Allotment 