My Allotment Diary for March 2005

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Usually March means we are really into spring and the weather starts to warm. Not this year, finally winter arrives with snow, ice and below feezing in the day. What a start to March!

Allotment Growing for Thursday, 31st March 05

Emptied Compost Bin and Mouse on the Plot

The flood from yesterdays rain has receded but the soil is still sodden. ...more

Allotment Growing for Tuesday, 29th March 05

Finish the Deep Bed, Harvested the Leeks

Finish the deep bed and then harvest the last of the leeks. ...more

Allotment Growing for Monday, 28th March 05

Moving a Deep Bed

Deep bed relocating - a two hour job? Of course not. Nothing ever goes to plan does it? ...more

Allotment Growing for Thursday, 24th March 05

Rotovating and Landscape Gardening

More rotovation, sowing and some landscaping ...more

Allotment Growing for Sunday, 20th March 05

Transplanting Tomatoes and How Not to Start a Merry Tiller

Transplanting Tomatoes and Mechanical Genius! ...more

Allotment Growing for Saturday, 19th March 05

Turkey Litter Manure

The Turkey Manure Mountain ...more

Allotment Growing for Friday, 18th March 05

My New Merry Tiller Rotovator

Wrestling with 4 horses. The new Merry Tiller rotovator. ...more

Allotment Growing for Thursday, 17th March 05

Rotovator Breakdown and Planting Onion Sets

Big Bertha the rotovator is poorly. ...more

Allotment Growing for Sunday, 13th March 05

Sowing Seeds and Potting On

Sowing and transplanting today. Everything from leeks to brassicas ...more

Allotment Growing for Saturday, 12th March 05

Planting out the Broad Beans

Finally planted the broad beans. ...more

Allotment Growing for Thursday, 10th March 05

Rotovating and Fertilising

More rotovation and a bit of fertilizing. ...more

Allotment Growing for Wednesday, 9th March 05

Using Rotovators, Mantis Tiller and Big Bertha

Rise of the machines..Rotavators 2! ...more

Allotment Growing for Saturday, 5th March 05

Sowing Gardeners Delight and Garden Pearl Tomatoes

Indoor work as the weather continues to be foul ...more

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