Planting out Sprouts

Had 2 hours at the plot while eldest was at gymnastics. Decided to plant out my Brussel sprouts. Planted 12 out today and have more to go if needed.

Also using old inner tents I made some temporary protection. Will need proper netting as they grow but this should do for beginning.

The evening shift.

Decided to head back down for a few hours in the evening for a fire and a bit more of a tidy.  Here are a few pics. I also planted another set of French beans so Will hopefully have a succession this year.

The evening shift.

Decided to head back down for a few hours in the evening for a fire and a bit more of a tidy.  Here are a few pics. I also planted another set of French beans so Will hopefully have a succession this year.

A bit of a tidy.

I do have to admit that i have been a little unloving towards my allotment recently. So much that I got a comment of a few people... My fault. So today I started a bit of a tidy. Trying to make it a bit better.

We were down for over 4 hours today and there is a lot more to do tomorrow as well. However I will get back on top of it and one day hopefully it Will look prestine.

As well as the tidying I planted out around 15 French bean plants i started at home and I also put 4 of my courgette plants out. 3 more to do tomorrow.  Dug up some more new potatoes for lunch tomorrow and thankfully the weather stayed mainly dry.  Will get some photos in a few days when it is tidy.

First spuds!

 

Popped down briefly to the allotment this evening to water the seedlings and thought I would find out how my Earlies, planted in containers were doing.  I pulled up one plant and got a few tubers for eating tomorrow.  I think I will wait another few weeks for the other 4 bags but it is nice to have something to eat from the plot this year.

Also checked the strawberries and a few are almost ripe!  looking forward to that.  This weekend is going to be a busy one as there is plenty to do - the weeds are catching up on me and I have some netting etc to put up for my brassicas.  Looking forward to it though!

Happy Seedlings

Just a few pictures of my seedlings.  The sprouts have been repotted and our doing well.  The beans were planted on 1st June.

Rain dance

I know I shouldn't complain about the dry weather we have had and I have enjoyed the sun but a little rain would be good...

Popped down for a quick watering today and things are looking good. Strawberries are coming on well and will hopefully have the first ripe fruits soon. French beams i planted a few weeks ago have germinated and should be good. Time to plant another row.

Back at home the sprouts and broccoli i potted up are doing well and my second lot of courgettes have worked which is nice. I have 7 plants.

Will try and get down longer tomorrow as away this weekend. One or two pictures as well.

An evening in the sun

What a lovely evening tonight - although the day was cloudy the sun came out and made the decision to go to the allotment an easy one.  I also got a good few jobs done which will help this weekend.

Because of the lovely weather the grass, as well as the potato's and onions etc has been growing at an incredible rate - I started cutting some of it back today, still a fair amount to do though, a weekend job!  I also started sorting out the 'bog' corner - trying to get it back into some kind of order and de-weed it.  Those were the big jobs.

As well as that I planted out my 3 squash plants - hopefully they will be ok.  I also put in some very small broccoli seedlings.  I am not over hopeful about these but I have already potted up about 15 so if these work, great, if not then it is not the end of the world.  The runner bean seeds I planted have not germinated at all so I planted some more.  This weekend I must plant some in pots as well.  It is looking quite nice down there at the moment - more and more like an allotment plot!  There are a fair few weeds still and one bed looks distinctly unloved but a few more evenings like tonight and hopefully I'll be back on top of it.

A few photos as well to share - the potato's in the bed were planted at the same time as the ones in the bag.  It is thefirst time I have done spuds in a bag and I'm looking to see how earlier they are ready.

A little work done.

Today we all popped down for 2 hours. The plot is still looking a little unloved - the grass needs cutting and the outside needs cutting back and weed killing.

However I did do a little tidings, planted some French bean seeds and weeded the raspberry bed.

When home transplanted some broccoli from seed trays into separate pots.

First day of Summer

Well, I had meant to get down to the allotment this week (it being half term) a little bit more than I have but decorating and the weather have got the better of me.

However today I have done some alloment stuff at home!  My sprouts which I planted at beginning of May have been doing well and I potted up around 15 of them today.  I also planted some Dwarf French Beans and some new courgettes as none of the others I planted germinated.

Tomorrow I hope to get down and actually do some tidying (as it needs it) and some grass cutting etc.  But, for my records here are a few pictures of todays work.

Sprouts Potted on.  Have Cabbages and Broccoli to do tomorrow when I have got some more pots from the allotment.

My Butternut Squash plants.  3/8 germinated.  New courgettes are next to them