My Allotment Diary for August 2006

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Allotment Growing for Tuesday, 29th August 06

Harvesting Sweetcorn, Runner and French Beans and Pumpkins

Harvest starts to come in and we're measuring the sweetcorn in car boot loads rather than carrier bags! ...more

Allotment Growing for Monday, 28th August 06

Horticultural Show and Allotment Regeneration

Horticultural Show, new allotment for my brother in law and how Ford Lane Allotments are being regenerated. ...more

Allotment Growing for Tuesday, 22nd August 06

Green Manure to Confuse Potato Eelworm

Sowing a green manure to confuse the potato eelworm and how did I miss all those potatoes? ...more

Allotment Growing for Monday, 21st August 06

Creosote and White Wine

Creosote and white wine, drank one and painted the greenhouse base with the other. No prizes for guessing which! ...more

Allotment Growing for Sunday, 20th August 06

Second Greenhouse and Carrots

A break in the rain so to the plot where gifts were waiting. I get a second greenhouse and a second comfrey barrel, plus more beans ? of course! ...more

Allotment Growing for Wednesday, 16th August 06

Weeding and Watering

Not a lot to report, just watering weeding and harvesting beans ? and a pretty poor show with the peas, but that's my fault. ...more

Allotment Growing for Sunday, 13th August 06

Making Compost and Woodchip Paths

We had a little rain, making compost and restoring the path with wood chippings. ...more

Allotment Growing for Saturday, 12th August 06

Beans, Squash and Courgettes

My absence explained and the harvest continues as does the dry weather. ...more

Allotment Growing for Monday, 7th August 06

Watering and Controlling Horsetail or Marestail

Watering and weeding again, this time controlling the horsetail before it takes over the plot. ...more

Allotment Growing for Sunday, 6th August 06

Horse Manure, The Fertiliser

Shovelling lots and lots of horse manure after a bit of weeding. ...more

Allotment Growing for Saturday, 5th August 06

Runner Beans, French Beans, Weeding and Thinning

Bit of rain, some beans and a lot of weeds. Also a fun little competition that someone might enter. ...more

Allotment Growing for Thursday, 3rd August 06

Purple Cauliflowers, Courgettes or Marrows

Introducing, fresh from the radioactive town of Chernobyl, my single cauliflower. ...more

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