Tuesday, 1 March 2016

Pricked out Celery 'Marine' seedlings, Sowed Cape Gooseberry 'Goldie' and Golden Berry 'Pineapple' seeds

Today I sowing the following in the unheated greenhouse:

- Sowed Cape Gooseberry 'Goldie' seeds into a 3 inch round pot filled with Westland John Innes Seed Compost. This has been placed into the heated propagator. (seeds left)
- Sowed Golden Berry 'Pineapple' seeds into a 3 inch round pot filled with Westland John Innes Seeds Compost. This has been placed into the heated propagator. (empty packet)

9cm round pots of which Cape Gooseberry and Golden Berry seeds
have been sown
Cape Gooseberry 'Goldie'
Cape Gooseberry 'Pineapple'
I also pricked out the Celery 'Marine' seedlings (sown 09/01/2016), into 2 inch round pots filled with a mixture of Westland Jack's Magic Compost and Vermiculite. These have been placed in the unheated greenhouse.

Celery seedlings in original pot before pricking
out
2 inch round pot filled with a mixture of
Westland Jack's Magic compost and Vermiculite
Celery seedlings in 2 inch round pots
I have also noticed that the Cauliflower 'Snowball A' seeds (sown 20/02/2016) have started to germinate. I have also noticed that the one of the Pomegranate seeds that is in the heated propagator has also started to Germinate.

Cauliflower 'Snowball A' seedlings showing to the right hand side



Started Chitting 'Duke of York' and 'Sarpo Kifli' seed potatoes

Today I started chitting the following on the windowsill:

- 5 x Seed Potato 'Duke of York'
- 8 x Seed Potato 'Sarpo Kifli'

'Duke of York' Seed Potatoes
'Sarpo Kifli' Seed Potatoes
Duke of York Seed Potatoes (centre)
'Sarpo Kifli' Seed Potatoes 

Saturday, 27 February 2016

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'

Friday, 26 February 2016

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






Thursday, 25 February 2016

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

Wednesday, 24 February 2016

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

Tuesday, 23 February 2016

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