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Thursday, 29 March 2012

Roys allotment







Wednesday, 28 March 2012

Peas.

Sowed peas-Kelvedon wonder- in peat pots, 4 peas to a pot to plant out next month.


Below..fotos of the " River Ribble " it flows past the allotments.






Tuesday, 27 March 2012

A Change of mood

Saturday, 24 March 2012

A Barrow of flowers.



Sown a barrow of Wild Flowers.
All so onions are in.


Sown the carrots today.

Thursday, 22 March 2012

Planting

Got a row of onion sets planted-the rest will go in at week end, then i sat in the warm sunshine, only me down
birds singing, spring is here at last

Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Finishing touches.

Looking Good

Greyam offered to rotovate the allotment.for me



The result  " ready to plant up "

Monday, 19 March 2012

Potatoes Planted

All my potatoes are now planted
1 row of swift  2 rows of pentland javelin and 2 rows of charlotte, 5 rows in all.
all so planted in trays  broad beans onions sweetpeas and leeks to plant out in april

Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Feeding.

  Tray of Onions

  Garlic
 Ready for the Peas

  Roy..plot 100

  plot..115..my plot

Saturday, 10 March 2012

A Sat wellspent


Planted a row of pentland javelin potatoes to day-that  makes 3 rows in, and 2 charlotte to go in next time. All so sown a tray of broadbeans and a tray of sweetpeas in the cold frame. Note the onion sets in the trays-starting to sprout......[ see above photos ]...september planted garlic is well up-and so are winter onions all so planted in september.

Thursday, 8 March 2012

Folding Wheelbarrow ?


Top and below foto..Folding barrow, given to me by J Brome.

 John Brome, he helps me on the allotment.
The above photos shows my folding wheelbarrow, it folds flat when not in use.

Thursday, 1 March 2012

1st of March.

Its here march-the winter is nearly over, less than 3 weeks to the 1st day of spring-March 21st.

the spring is sprung
the grass is green
i wonder where the the robins been?

I have only been to the plot 4 times in the last 4 months so perhaps the Robin wonders where i have been.