My Allotment Diary for December 2005

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Allotment Growing for Saturday, 31st December 05

Ordering Seeds Online and Improving the Greenhouse

Improving the greenhouse at home and ordering the seeds online - boy do some sites make you work for it! ...more

Allotment Growing for Thursday, 29th December 05

Paraffin Heating the Greenhouse

Coping with the cold and finding faults with the house in the process ...more

Allotment Growing for Saturday, 24th December 05

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays or Whatever!

Merry Christmas to everyone ...more

Allotment Growing for Wednesday, 21st December 05

Happy Winter Solstice. Improving the Soil, Leafmould

More digging and humping leaves into cages plus wildlife on the plot ...more

Allotment Growing for Tuesday, 20th December 05

Chatting on the Allotment

Bit more digging to get rid of the computer breakdown blues. ...more

Allotment Growing for Sunday, 18th December 05

Heating the Greenhouse, Sacing Energy

More digging, heating the greenhouse and a money saving tip you will not believe unless you know, ...more

Allotment Growing for Saturday, 17th December 05

Digging the Plot, Shredded Paper to Compost

Just digging over to do mainly now and then I can lime as required to keep the soil sweet. Adding kitchen waste and shredded paper to the compost bin ...more

Allotment Growing for Thursday, 15th December 05

Garlic Planting, Making Leafmould and Double Digging.

Finished planting garlic, more digging and moving leaves and changes to the web site. ...more

Allotment Growing for Wednesday, 14th December 05

Ph Testing the Soil Before Adding Lime and Planting Garlic

Finally got some garlic in the ground, ph tester on the blink and digging started. ...more

Allotment Growing for Tuesday, 13th December 05

National Vegetable Society Meeting

Last night we had a meeting of the Crewe and Nantwich District Association of the National Vegetable Society. ...more

Allotment Growing for Saturday, 10th December 05

Missing Seeds, Turnips, Radish and Early Nantes Carrots

Found the missing seeds, turnips, radish and carrots hidden in the garage so then to the plot. ...more

Allotment Growing for Friday, 9th December 05

Planning What to Grow and What Seeds to Buy.

Choosing seeds to buy for next year. Not an easy job ...more

Allotment Growing for Thursday, 8th December 05

Volunteering On The Allotment, Security on Allotment Sites

Missed a fine day on the plot but some thoughts on security and volunteering. ...more

Allotment Growing for Wednesday, 7th December 05

Organic Way, Storing the Surplus and Leafmould

Yet more leaf moving, interesting article I read in the Organic Way and another article added to the site ...more

Allotment Growing for Tuesday, 6th December 05

Compost Heap Steaming and Listing Seeds

Steaming compost heaps and listing the seeds for 2006 ...more

Allotment Growing for Monday, 5th December 05

Crewe and Nantwich Allotment and Gardeners Association

Crewe and Nantwich Allotment and Gardeners Association meeting - wearing my blue UN helmet! ...more

Allotment Growing for Sunday, 4th December 05

More About Growing Russian Comfrey (Bocking 14)

Expanding comfrey article and yet more leaves plus compost. ...more

Allotment Growing for Friday, 2nd December 05

Ecological Considerations about Bonfires and Skips

Skips, leaves and chippings, moving notice boards and new rules and regulations. Busy! ...more

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