My Allotment Diary for July 2005

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What a month. The weather ranged from boiling to freezing (well it felt like it) but I had everything under control at one point!

Allotment Growing for Sunday, 31st July 05

Improving the Soil Condition for Better Crops

Improving the soil. I know this is a lot of hard work but I can really see the improvement in the soil now so hopefully I'll be paid back in better crops next year. ...more

Allotment Growing for Friday, 29th July 05

Digging Over and Good News in the Greenhouse

Digging gets easier after the rain and the greenhouse crops are coming good. The tomato sideshoots I stuck into pots are zooming up too - hopefully I'll get a few fresh tomatoes late after the main ones have finished. ...more

Allotment Growing for Wednesday, 27th July 05

Harvesting and How to Store Potatoes

Yet more harvesting and weeding, Back at the ranch, sorting of potatoes into those that will store a while and those to use now as the slugs have started eating them. We store them in hessian sacks, which let them breathe but keeps out the light. ...more

Allotment Growing for Tuesday, 26th July 05

Harvesting Potatoes Orla and Anya. Slug Damage a Problem

Potato harvest continues. The last half row of the first early Orla had a good yield but the recent rain has spurred the slugs into a feeding frenzy - hardly any are untouched. ...more

Allotment Growing for Sunday, 24th July 05

Freezing Produce, Blanching and Watching the Rain

Finally some rain so storing the produce today. Just a few bags of French beans, runner beans and cauliflower were blanched prior to freezing. ...more

Allotment Growing for Saturday, 23rd July 05

Salad Crops, Cauliflowers and Potatoes Harvesting

Harvest continues and the French beans discovered in hiding. Yet more courgettes - the yellow ones look really dramatic - and then I noticed a climbing French bean. Hiding beneath the leaves were about half a carrier bag full! ...more

Allotment Growing for Friday, 22nd July 05

Touring Allotment Sites in Crewe and Nantwich.

A day spent touring allotment sites in Crewe and Nantwich. ...more

Allotment Growing for Thursday, 21st July 05

Harvesting Potatoes and Watering Potatoes

Potato harvest and more watering. The soil is pretty solid but with some grunting managed to get the fork in and the spuds up. Divided the potatoes into 3 piles. Good, Bad and Indifferent ...more

Allotment Growing for Tuesday, 19th July 05

First Runner Bean Harvest, Peas and Cauliflowers

No rain to speak of but the harvest continues Dorian peas seem to have large pods but are a little tricky to work out when they are ready. ...more

Allotment Growing for Friday, 15th July 05

Watering and Weeding and Cutting Comfrey

Watering, weeding, sowing and fourth cut of comfrey for the year ...more

Allotment Growing for Wednesday, 13th July 05

Second Prize in the Allotment Competition

Allotment Competition results in - weather cools to tolerable ...more

Allotment Growing for Monday, 11th July 05

Too hot to Garden, Watering the Tomatoes

Will I ever stop complaining? It's too hot for comfort or too wet to garden. ...more

Allotment Growing for Saturday, 9th July 05

Last Broad Bean Harvest and Early Onward Peas

Harvesting the last of the broad beans in the sunshine and Early Onward peas ...more

Allotment Growing for Friday, 8th July 05

Harvesting Very Productive Courgettes

Just a little harvesting today. Courgettes incredibly productive. ...more

Allotment Growing for Thursday, 7th July 05

Awful London Bombings

Sad and awful day. Bombing in London ...more

Allotment Growing for Sunday, 3rd July 05

Planting Dwarf French Beans, Green Manure Growing

Basically everything is under control. Planting dwarf beans and green manure growing ...more

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