My Allotment Diary for September 2005

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Allotment Growing for Sunday, 25th September 05

Merry Tiller Problem

Merry Tiller troubles and crazy kamikaze motor bike riders. ...more

Allotment Growing for Saturday, 24th September 05

Layer Cake Compost Heap

Rebuilding compost heaps, pumpkin hiding place revealed and potato sorting. ...more

Allotment Growing for Thursday, 22nd September 05

Increasing Security on the Allotment

More security added, compost heap finished and tomatoes to the freezer. ...more

Allotment Growing for Wednesday, 21st September 05

Tomato Blight and Allotment Thieves

Harvesting tomatoes, thieves thwarted and a recipe you may not like to eat. ...more

Allotment Growing for Tuesday, 20th September 05

A Great Potato Harvest

Potatoes coming out of our ears! A really great potato harvest ...more

Allotment Growing for Monday, 19th September 05

Comparing Potato Cultivars Sarpo Mira and Valor

Potato harvest finally takes off and they're great! Comparing Sarpo Mira and Valor for blight resistance, slug resistance, yield, taste and keeping qualities. ...more

Allotment Growing for Sunday, 18th September 05

Carrying on the Potato Harvest

Weekend weather didn't live up to promise and even had to work but managed to get a few hours to carry on the potato harvest ...more

Allotment Growing for Friday, 16th September 05

Increasing Allotment Security

Tree surgery to increase allotment security, weather protection and starting to harvest the maincrop potatoes. ...more

Allotment Growing for Thursday, 15th September 05

Storing the Surplus with Tomato Recipes

Poured with rain so decided to try out Allotment Lady's recipe. Not good but brilliant! ...more

Allotment Growing for Wednesday, 14th September 05

More Tomatoes and More on Allotment Vandals

More tomatoes, more on the thief and a warning to be careful for me. ...more

Allotment Growing for Tuesday, 13th September 05

Grand Allotment Tour of Crewe and Nantwich Allotments

A tour of some of the local allotment sites this morning and an update on the allotment thief ...more

Allotment Growing for Monday, 12th September 05

Allotment Thief and Harvesting Squash, Carrots and Turnips

Thief on the site. Stolen some tomatoes and marrows. Harvested the rest of the sunburst yellow squash, bag of carrots and turnips ...more

Allotment Growing for Sunday, 11th September 05

Slugs Eating Tomatoes

Tomatoes and those slugs. From large brown ones with a red frill around the edge to tiny black ones all slugs seem to have one aim. To eat my tomatoes! ...more

Allotment Growing for Friday, 9th September 05

National Vegetable Society Proposed District Association

5 minute trip to the plot and some good news at home ...more

Allotment Growing for Wednesday, 7th September 05

Giant Pumpkin, Drying Onions, Blanching and Freezing

Another new person and an unusual pumpkin problem - its too big to get out. Blanching sweetcorn prior to freezing. ...more

Allotment Growing for Tuesday, 6th September 05

Converting Garden Waste into Useful Compost

Quick delivery trip to the compost bins converting garden waste to something useful and harvesting the last of the sweetcorn ...more

Allotment Growing for Monday, 5th September 05

Crewe and Nantwich Allotment and Gardeners Association

Committee Meeting of the Crewe and Nantwich Allotment and Gardeners Association ...more

Allotment Growing for Sunday, 4th September 05

Weeding and Adding Comfrey to Activate the Compost

Weeding, feeding and building fences ...more

Allotment Growing for Saturday, 3rd September 05

Controlling Marestail or Horsetail Weed

Marestail or Horsetail, I don't care I'll kill it! Controlling this weed is never easy but Amicide does work even if it needs two applications ...more

Allotment Growing for Thursday, 1st September 05

Growing Beans, Squash and Sweetcorn the Three Sisters Method

Beans, the boss and the three sisters ...more

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