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My Allotment Diary for June 2005

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An on-off start to summer with weather ranging from hot to miserable but the beginning of June was very nice.

Some success with outdoor potatoes doing well but the greenhouse potato experiment was a disaster.

The harvest started in earnest at the end of June but the alliums have been a sad sight.


Allotment Growing for Thursday, 30th June 05

Rain Benefits Weeds as Well as Crops

Rain benefits weeds.. ...more


Allotment Growing for Tuesday, 28th June 05

Harvest Starts, Horsetail or Marestail Returns

Harvest starts for real with beans and peas. Planting cabbages and rotovating. Can anything kill off horsetail? ...more


Allotment Growing for Monday, 27th June 05

Preparing for the Allotment Competition

Cometition preparation so weeding and tidy up time ...more


Allotment Growing for Sunday, 26th June 05

Rotovating with the Merry Tiller and Onion Rust Problem

Onion disaster on plot 29. Rust affecting the onions. Rotovating with the Merry Tiller ...more


Allotment Growing for Saturday, 25th June 05

Feeding Tomatoes Comfrey Tea and Harvesting Arran Pilot

Wet on the surface but dry under -despite the torrents of rain yesterday. ...more


Allotment Growing for Friday, 24th June 05

Some Help from the HDRA regarding Bean Seed Fly - Delia platura

Help from the HDRA with my bean growing problem that turns out to be the bean seed fly ...more


Allotment Growing for Thursday, 23rd June 05

Inspecting the Plot and Watering the Tomatoes

Just a quick trip to check things out and water the toms. ...more


Allotment Growing for Monday, 20th June 05

Potatoes in Greenhouse a Failure

Greenhouse potatoes - nil points and a bit of work on plot 5. How not to grow potatoes in a greenhouse ...more


Allotment Growing for Sunday, 19th June 05

Tidying Up the Potting Shed, Broad Beans Looking Good

Sorting the potting shed and watering the allotment plot ...more


Allotment Growing for Saturday, 18th June 05

Too Hot to Work on the Plot, Using the Sprinkler

Actually too hot! The weather was more Spain than England ...more


Allotment Growing for Wednesday, 15th June 05

Growbag Watering Pots and Top Tip for Beans

Rain, watering growbags and beans top tip. ...more


Allotment Growing for Tuesday, 14th June 05

Comfrey Planted and Up To Date

You're never without something to do on an allotment but today I realised I have almost caught up ...more


Allotment Growing for Sunday, 12th June 05

Comfrey Cut for Potatoes and Failed Parsnips

Well the summer didn't last long, but I still got a couple of hours in. ...more


Allotment Growing for Friday, 10th June 05

New Potatoes Flowering and Rebuilding the Water Storage

New potatoes, engineering works and feeding the plants. ...more


Allotment Growing for Thursday, 9th June 05

Water Storage Problems and Comfrey Liquid Feed

It's a good thing that I am not an engineer for the world. ...more


Allotment Growing for Wednesday, 8th June 05

Moving Compost and Mulching Main Crop Potatoes

Compost moving, weeding and watering. ...more


Allotment Growing for Tuesday, 7th June 05

Watering, Weeding and Sweetcorn out of Cloche

A summers day so 5 hours of not so strenuous effort. Sweetcorn out of cloche and tidying up the shed ...more


Allotment Growing for Sunday, 5th June 05

Relay Runner Beans and Blue Lake Climbing Beans

Weeding, compost heaps and planting yet more beans ...more


Allotment Growing for Saturday, 4th June 05

Pinching Tomato Side Shoots and Chitting Beans

Greenhouse, sowing beans and a top tip for beans ...more


Allotment Growing for Friday, 3rd June 05

Tomatoes Dry Under Cloche, French Beans from France

Having been away for 2 days in France I was straight down to the plot. ...more


 

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