Allotments 4 All

not been to allotment for 2 weeks..search party will be out
looking for me
may show up sun if not raining

;D ;D ;D ;D

j t w

Winter dug over some parts of the lottie
Did a spud check and snapped off any chits
Harvested my last squash, celeriac, carrots and my first parsnips
Took home with stored spuds and shallots.
;D ;D ;D

Just off to shut the greenhouses and cut a cabbage...  :)

Attempted to bodge together a brassica cage after the one I spent several hours making out of canes and those build-a-balls unbuilt itself in the wind. The pigeons had already been snacking.

Indulged my pyromaniac urges with a pile of old sunflower stalks and some paraffin.

Found some enormous carrots, which cheered me up, one is 11 inches long!

pulled up the last of the nasturtiums, tidied the polytunnel after wading through 6" water both ends  ::)
re-did the hen house with cardboard on the floor, shredded newspaper on all the shelves etc and put some new straw in the nesting boxes, moved all the old stuff to the compost heap, that should warm things up  ;D

cleared the rest of the plot

made my compost bin

spread some manure

made friends with a near by plot holder and learnt about chicken keeping

oh and stabbed myself in the foot with a fork, wellies are no longer waterproof then LOL

 :) dug a bed over completely and found loads more spuds, they look better than they did in the summer  ::)

fed the the black cat that won't leave me alone, gave him FIVE sachets of food, then he went to sleep in my greenhouse in the sun :).

dug up some massive Jerusalem Artichokes for Delia's Carrot and Artichoke soup,

picked more Raspberries and tomatoes,

planted a rose and wallflowers,

cut the grass paths and weeded

brought my ginger plant home ;D / shades x

Oh dear, you have just got a friend for life, poor cat must have been starving.

Getting the front garden under control.  Digging it through before the winter.  Thought it might be a bit damp to dig but was just right.

Quote from: Borlotti on November 15, 2009, 18:48:59
Oh dear, you have just got a friend for life, poor cat must have been starving.

Unless he's a "six dinner Sid"....  :-X

 :) Borlotti he's got worms  which we are treating and the cats name is Clyde and he belongs to someone who lives near the allotments, he just doesn't like going home  because too many people feed him as they thought he was a stray until his owner came looking for him ::)

He had been missing for a fortnight,...today he had a collar and id tag on so he has been home since I saw him last Sunday ,I think we give him better food ;D/ shades x

Took advantage of the beautiful weather and emptied all pots and hanging baskets. Mulched front garden with 2 year old leaf compost. Scrubbed all dirty pots and seed trays, cleared out messy greenhouse and had a ruthless chuck out of stuff I haven't used in the last 4 years. All very theraputic. Found some cacti I'd forgotten about. Note to self, wear plastic apron when dealing with same in future. All the spikey bits seemed to have worked their way through my trousers and into my person :o

Quote from: Emagggie on November 15, 2009, 22:01:25
Took advantage of the beautiful weather and emptied all pots and hanging baskets. Mulched front garden with 2 year old leaf compost. Scrubbed all dirty pots and seed trays, cleared out messy greenhouse and had a ruthless chuck out of stuff I haven't used in the last 4 years. All very theraputic.

d'ya wanna come do mine, Maggie? ;D

Quote from: manicscousers on November 16, 2009, 09:42:21

Quote from: Emagggie on November 15, 2009, 22:01:25
Took advantage of the beautiful weather and emptied all pots and hanging baskets. Mulched front garden with 2 year old leaf compost. Scrubbed all dirty pots and seed trays, cleared out messy greenhouse and had a ruthless chuck out of stuff I haven't used in the last 4 years. All very theraputic.

d'ya wanna come do mine, Maggie? ;D

"RUTHLESS CHUCK OUT"= just what many of us probably need. Thank you for the push, Maggie.

Took the rest of my now empty growbags from the greenhouse down the plot, chopped them up and put them as a layer on top of the newly dug over boarder I've made on my 'new' half plot which is going to have flowers, herbs and fruit as a nectar boarder between my plots. Will finish off washing out the greenhouse tomorrow, the ground is way to wet to do any digging at the moment, which is typical when I have a weeks holiday to get things done in! ::)

More caulking, weather-stripping and painting of the walk-in cold frame.

Layering cardboard,soil, and leaves to raise some of my too-low raised beds.

fleeced the fig after taking any big ones off, re-tied in the tayberry, still seems to be growing  :o
transplanted my scented geranium, the roots had grown out of the pot into the ash on the path, weeded in the poly and fed the weeds to the chicks, generally hung around while the lads brought the broken tractor we have been given up to the plot, they reckon they can make it work, we can always sell it for scrap, I suppose  ;D

Emptied home compost into a dalek
Weeded and tidied brassica leaves
Dug up sweetcorn stems
Put away large bottle cloches.
;D ;D ;D

Was just about to pop over the plot to finish off the wires for my new apple and pear cordons.....and then..........the heavens opened.  Its so dark, that we have switched the lights on.

Looks like I'll have to do some housework instead :'(

Same as Cornykev, emptied home compost into a dalek!  ;D