Well today I managed, for the 1st time this year, to get down to the allotment in the evening after work. I have forgotten how nice it is to spend an hour or so outside doing something after a stressful day at school.
I got a few jobs done, including having the bonfire - it has been a lovely few days and it was nice and dry. While that was nicely burning I started to dig over the middle bed and got about a 6th of it done. I also cut up some small diameter drain / waste pipe into 6 inch lengths. We have had trouble growing carrots so I am going to try something different. Put the pipe in the ground, fill the pipe with compost and then plant a few seeds. Will let you know the results!
We have also purchased all our seeds so tomorrow nights job will be getting the first lot planted. I have got one of those pot makers from newspaper thingy ma jigs so I am hoping to make most of my own pots and then plant them direct in the ground this year - again, will let you know the outcome... Am hoping to get down to continue the big dig on Thursday evening, have a union meeting after work so it will be nice for the stress relief!
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ReplyDeleteHaven't tried carrots in drain pipe, but I do use loo roll tubes for leeks. Could work for carrots too. Mixing your compost with a bit of sand will probably help too.
Those newspaper pot thingamijigs are great, but fill them to the very top with compost - if you leave, say, half an inch at the top, that bit won't rot into the ground when you plant them out, and you end up with little rings of newspaper blowing around the plot.
Rhoda
Thanks for the tip - I did use some sand (will have to buy Matthew and Andrew a top up for their sand pit!)
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