Started Chitting Seed Potato 'Epicure'

Today i started chitting the Seed Potatoes 'Epicure' that arrived in the post from Mr Fothergill's last weekend:

21 x Seed Potato 'Epicure'

Finished Digging over Onion, Carrot and Parsnip Bed on Allotment 2

Today I went back onto Allotment 2 for another 2 hours and continued to dig over the Onion, Carrot and Parsnip bed. This now means that I will have to start to dig over where the Runner Beans were last year when I am next on the Allotment. I have also started to straighten the edge of the Allotment out.

The amount of ground I plan to dig over today

A photo showing the amount of ground dug over
so far

A photo showing the amount of ground dug over so far

Looking down onto the flower bed

Looking down Allotment 2 towards the Polytunnel

Looking down Allotment 2 towards the flower bed and showing
the next part which needs to be dug

Even more digging of Allotment 2

Today I went down onto Allotment 2 for 2 1/2 hours and continued to dig over down the very end of the plot near to where the Onion Bed will be this year. I have also dug around the Globe Artichoke. I should be able to finish digging this part of the Allotment tomorrow.

The part of the Allotment which I am going to dig today

Half way through digging today

After the digging I have done today

More digging of Allotment 2

Today I went back down onto Allotment 2 for another 2 hours and continued to dig over where the Carrots and Parsnips where last year. I have managed to get up to the edge of the Globe Artichoke and will hopefully continue the digging tomorrow.

A photo showing how much is left to dig

A photo showing the part I am digging today

A photo showing how much I have dug today

A photo showing a picture of the rest of Allotment 2

Dug over more of Allotment 2

Today I went down onto Allotment 2 for another 2 hours and continued to dig over more of the Allotment where Carrots and Parsnips were last year.

The piece of ground before digging today

A photo showing how much I have managed
to dig today

Moved Tomato 'Shirley F1' seedlings and Sweet Pepper 'California Wonder' seedlings into a unheated propagator

Today I moved the Tomato 'Shirley F1' and Sweet Pepper 'California Wonder' seedlings into a unheated propagator in the unheated greenhouse because of the overnight temperatures being so low.

Tomato 'Shirley F1' and Sweet Pepper 'California
Wonder' seedlings in an unheated propagator

Started chitting Nicola, Foremost, King Edward, Markies and Epicure seed potatoes

Today I started to chit the following on a windowsill:

- 5 x Seed Potato 'Nicola'
- 14 x Seed Potato 'King Edward'
- 14 x Seed Potato 'Foremost'
- 10 x Seed Potato 'Markies'
- 10 x Seed Potato 'Epicure'

1kg Seed Potato 'Nicola'

1kg Seed Potato 'Foremost'

1kg Seed Potato 'King Edward'

10 x Seed Potato 'Markies'

10 x Seed Potato 'Epicure'

Seed Potato 'Foremost'

Seed Potato 'Nicola'

Seed Potato 'King Edward'

Seed Potato 'Epicure' (left), Seed Potato 'Markies' (right)

I have also put a number of the 'Nicola' seed potatoes in the fridge to use for Summer planting.

Pricked out Tomato 'Shirley F1' Seedlings and Sweet Pepper 'California Wonder' seedlings and Sowed Broccoli 'F1 Stromboli', Brussels Sprout 'Evesham Special', Brussels Sprout 'Napoleon F1', Cabbage 'Derby Day' and Cauliflower 'Snowball F1'

Today I done the following in the unheated Greenhouse:

- Sowed Broccoli 'F1 Stromboli' seeds into a 3 inch round pot filled with Westland John Innes Seed Compost. This has just been placed in the unheated Greenhouse.
- Sowed Brussels Sprout 'Evesham Special' seeds into a 3 inch round pot filled with Westland John Innes Seed Compost. This has just been placed in the unheated Greenhouse.
 - Sowed Brussels Sprout 'Napoleon F1' seeds into a 3 inch round pot filled with Westland John Innes Seed Compost. This has just been placed in the unheated Greenhouse.
 - Sowed Cabbage 'Derby Day' seeds into a 3 inch round pot filled with Westland John Innes Seed Compost. This has just been placed in the unheated Greenhouse.
 - Sowed Cauliflower 'Snowball A' seeds into a 3 inch round pot filled with Westland John Innes Seed Compost. This has just been placed in the unheated Greenhouse.

Broccoli 'F1 Stromboli'

Brussels Sprout 'Evesham Special'

Brussels Sprout 'Napoleon F1' seeds

Cabbage 'Derby Day'

Cauliflower 'Snowball A'

Westland John Innes Seed Compost

3 inch pot filled with Westland John Innes
Seed Compost

I also did the following:

- Pricked out Tomato 'Shirley F1' seedlings into 6 x 9cm square pots filled with a miture of Westland Jack's Magic Compost and Vermiculite. These have been placed into a tray in the unheated Greenhouse. (Sowed 22/01/2016)
- Pricked out Sweet pepper 'California Wonder' seedlings  into 3 x 9cm square pots filled with a mixture of Westland Jack's Magic Compost and Vermiculite. These have been placed into a tray in the unheated Greenhouse. (Sowed 26/12/2016)

Sweet Pepper 'California Wonder' seedlings

Tomato 'Shirley F1' seedlings

Put some Compost on Allotment 2, and through out storage box on Allotment 1 and replaced it with a new storage box

Today I went down the Allotment for a couple of hours in the late morning and early afternoon. I took some compost from the compost heap and have put 3 wheelbarrow loads over top of where the flower bed will be going on Allotment 2. I then took some of the raised beds out of the old storage box on Allotment 1 and started to make these up so that I can create the flower bed making the raised bed edges. This allowed a lot of room in the storage box and as this one was falling apart I have brought a new one of which was sitting in the polytunnel made up ready to put onto Allotment 1.

Flower bed patch before compost being put on

Compost on to the flower bed

Raised bed that will be put around the flower bed

I put weedliner down behind the Greenhouse and have sat the storage box on top of this and have put the remaining raised beds as well as netting into this for the time being.

Behind the Greenhouse before tidying up this
morning 

The back of the Greenhouse after being cleared

The back of the Greenhouse with
weedliner laid and the new storage box

Went back onto Allotment 2 and done more digging

Today I went onto Allotment 2 once again for another 2 hours and done further digging. I continued to dig over in front of the compost bins on Allotment 2 so I am able to create a flower bed. I have also started to move the environmesh to dig over where the Carrots and Parsnips were last year.

Photo showing the bottom of Allotment 2 having been
dug over

Went onto Allotment 2 and started digging where flower bed will be put

Today I went onto Allotment 2 for 2 hours and started to dig over down the end in front of the Compost bins. Today I started dig over to the front right of the compost bins and this part of the Allotment I appear not to have dug over as it has quite a few bits of wood and plastic in and lots of couch grass and roots of weeds. This part of the Allotment will be a flower bed.

The patch of grass infront of the Compost bins

The digging that I did today in front of the right
compost bin

Pricked out and potted up Cauliflower 'Snowball A', Calabrese 'Marathon F1', Cabbage 'Greyhound' and Cabbage 'Hispi F1' seedlings

Today I pricked out the following in the Greenhouse:

- Cauliflower 'Snowball A' seedlings into 1 x 6 cell tray and 2 x 9cm square pots
- Calabrese 'Marathon F1' seedlings into 1 x 6 cell tray and 3 x 9cm square pots
- Cabbage 'Greyhound' seedlings into 1 x 6 cell tray and 4 x 9 cm square pots
- Cabbage 'Hispi F1' seedlings into 1 x 6 cell tray and 4 x 9cm square pots

Cauliflower 'Snowball A' seedlings

Calabrese 'Marathon F1' seedlings

Cabbage 'Greyhound' seedlings

Cabbage 'Hispi F1' seedlings

A mixture of Westland Jack's Magic Compost
and Vermiculite in a 6 cell tray

6 cell trays filled with Brassica seedlings