Allotments 4 All

The day will come and go, it is advertised nationally through the Yellow Book scheme, I would have to drown to "cancel" it... Question is how many gardeners ahve Scuba gear and Neoprene!!  :-[

I have today reached the nice point in my gardening year, I have finshed planting my two plots this morning. All I need to do now is to keep the weeds down and enjoy the fruits of my labours. yippie

Got very hot! But the soil was lovely for digging, not too wet & not too dry. Did lots of strimming (pleased to say my strimmer is behaving this year and starts every time!)and weeding and sowed some carrots (more in hope than in expectation, as they say!) and PSB and some nasturtiums.

weeded !!  ;D

Raked over my sweetcorn bed, after the great downpour all those huge lumps of concrete just disintegrated into a lovely fine tilth with just a few sweeps of the rake ;D ;D :) ;D :D.
Applied Growmore, raked that in and then planted up 28 sweetcorn seedlings in peat pots that have been sitting in the coldframe for a week or so.
I then watered them in, admired my work for a few moments and then took my daughter fishing for the afternoon on the local canal.

Weeded! Planted up some beans that a very kind neighbour on the lottie gave me. Oh and weeded!

rain, more rain, and more rain!!!

Morning started off ok then the sun came out midday, walked home from work at 2.30 and it started raining and hasn't stopped since.  :'(      ;D ;D ;D

Took this photo!A view of my little bit of heaven![attachment=1]

Looks great, tony- very tidy!

wow tony lovley!!

I have managed to get to my plot and its not 2 bad, quite surprised to be harvesting a load of broad beans ;) And there is a bush full of gooseberrys ready ;)

Finaly the weeds have started to die back so i am going to spend an hour tomorrow if its dry doing a little digging and weeding.

Broad bean recipie links
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,22708.0.html
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,39203.0.html
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,31208.0.html

Tony,don't panic but I am sure I can see a weed in that photo ;D

Hi everyone, I have been away since Sunday & just took a quick look at my allotment
  :o am amazed at how massive everthing seems to have become. Some radishes bigger than golf balls!
Slugs have been having a good old munch though  :'(
Am hoping it stops raining tomorrow so I can get down to the much needed work, weeding etc.
The storms here demolished the door to my greenhouse too  ::) guess it will now be a cold frame  ;)

Tony your plot does look heavenly   

Strimmed my new plot till I dropped (third half plot). Previous owner draped it in Mypex through which couch grass has pushed up to the skies. Dug holes in Mypex and planted squashes and a rather droopy artichoke.

VERY satisfying.

planted the last 6 spuds and about 12 tommys, 2 butternut squash and then realised when i came home i forgot to plant the courgette! did try weeding a bit but its futile! noticed the slugs have eaten some of my baby leeks, grrr!!! will go back tomorrow ans plant some more tomatoes and start planting beans and sweetcorn, and may start lines of peas off too, ok i know im late but hey better late than never? if wed had a better half term week im convinced idve dug the whole plot over and planted everything up and be at the never ending weeding stage by now, grr, am soooo fed up of the rain!! while im glad im not having to rush down and water things i reeeeeeeelly want to get digging!!! if i can get the main section dug over i can start to rearrange everything else...

Planted out our Sweetcorn plants but what a struggle with the ground condictions on the lotty then came home to wet to do anything,  :)

planted out 200 leeks and another 200 waiting  8) - also planted out cabbages, sowed carrots, planted out the salsify and scorzonera and first batch of beetroot - bit by bit the greenhouse is gaining space but already I'm wondering where it all will go, happens every year though  ;D

had a great day, pooped now

Planted out cape goosebury, weeded everything, nice weather brought out the world and his wife so nattered to peeps not seen for a while....lovely day. ;D
Best news is Tom-next-plot who has cancer is looking and feeling good, I'm so, so glad ;D ;D

Loads... just got in.  ;D

Do you have arc lights?