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Planning the allotment plot part 5

• 31/12/2005 - Ordering Seeds Online and Improving the Greenhouse
• 29/12/2005 - Paraffin Heating the Greenhouse
• 24/12/2005 - Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays or Whatever!
• 21/12/2005 - Happy Winter Solstice. Improving the Soil, Leafmould
• 20/12/2005 - Chatting on the Allotment
• 18/12/2005 - Heating the Greenhouse, Sacing Energy
• 17/12/2005 - Digging the Plot, Shredded Paper to Compost
• 15/12/2005 - Garlic Planting, Making Leafmould and Double Digging.
• 14/12/2005 - Ph Testing the Soil Before Adding Lime and Planting Garlic
• 13/12/2005 - National Vegetable Society Meeting
• 10/12/2005 - Missing Seeds, Turnips, Radish and Early Nantes Carrots
• 09/12/2005 - Planning What to Grow and What Seeds to Buy.
• 08/12/2005 - Volunteering On The Allotment, Security on Allotment Sites
• 07/12/2005 - Organic Way, Storing the Surplus and Leafmould
• 06/12/2005 - Compost Heap Steaming and Listing Seeds
• 05/12/2005 - Crewe and Nantwich Allotment and Gardeners Association
• 04/12/2005 - More About Growing Russian Comfrey (Bocking 14)
• 02/12/2005 - Ecological Considerations about Bonfires and Skips
• 30/11/2005 - Planting Prize Winning Selected Leek Bulblets
• 29/11/2005 - A Tour Around a Prize Winning Vegetable Grower's Garden
• 25/11/2005 - Frozen in the Sunshine and Flying Greenhouses
• 23/11/2005 - Wood Chippings Arrive
• 22/11/2005 - National Vegetable Society Meeting, Leeks and Onions
• 20/11/2005 - Tidying Up The Plot
• 18/11/2005 - Allotment Chat Talking About Growing Vegetables, Fruit and Herbs
• 16/11/2005 - More Leaves for Leafmould and Parsnips Doing Well
• 15/11/2005 - Leaves and Wood Chippings
• 14/11/2005 - Harvesting Parsnips, Carrots and Leeks
• 13/11/2005 - Frost Improves Parsnips and Livestock esp. Chickens on Allotments
• 10/11/2005 - More Leaves for Leafmould and Late Lawn Mowing
• 07/11/2005 - Emptying Leafmould Bins
• 06/11/2005 - Moving Leafmould in the Rain
• 05/11/2005 - Potato Order, Garlic Order and Reviewing French Garden Centre
• 30/10/2005 - Potatoes Sarpo Mira, Sarpo Axona, Anya and Adora
• 29/10/2005 - Death of My Father
• 17/10/2005 - Allotment Security and Housing Chickens Ark
• 16/10/2005 - Rabbits and Rats on the Allotment
• 15/10/2005 - Killing Horsetail or Marestail
• 11/10/2005 - Pyracantha Hedging for Allotment Security
• 09/10/2005 - Japanese Onion Sets, Carrots, Parsnips and the Mantis Tiller
• 07/10/2005 - Keeping Chickens on the Allotment
• 06/10/2005 - Planting Field Beans as Green Manure
• 05/10/2005 - Weeding the Leeks and Cutting Green Manure Mustard
• 04/10/2005 - Ripening Tomatoes and Spanish Rotavators
• 25/09/2005 - Merry Tiller Problem
• 24/09/2005 - Layer Cake Compost Heap
• 22/09/2005 - Increasing Security on the Allotment
• 21/09/2005 - Tomato Blight and Allotment Thieves
• 20/09/2005 - A Great Potato Harvest
• 19/09/2005 - Comparing Potato Cultivars Sarpo Mira and Valor
• 18/09/2005 - Carrying on the Potato Harvest
• 16/09/2005 - Increasing Allotment Security
• 15/09/2005 - Storing the Surplus with Tomato Recipes
• 14/09/2005 - More Tomatoes and More on Allotment Vandals
• 13/09/2005 - Grand Allotment Tour of Crewe and Nantwich Allotments
• 12/09/2005 - Allotment Thief and Harvesting Squash, Carrots and Turnips
• 11/09/2005 - Slugs Eating Tomatoes
• 09/09/2005 - National Vegetable Society Proposed District Association
• 07/09/2005 - Giant Pumpkin, Drying Onions, Blanching and Freezing
• 06/09/2005 - Converting Garden Waste into Useful Compost
• 05/09/2005 - Crewe and Nantwich Allotment and Gardeners Association
• 04/09/2005 - Weeding and Adding Comfrey to Activate the Compost
• 03/09/2005 - Controlling Marestail or Horsetail Weed
• 01/09/2005 - Growing Beans, Squash and Sweetcorn the Three Sisters Method
• 31/08/2005 - Keeping Chickens on Allotments
• 30/08/2005 - Harvesting Sweetcorn and Keeping Chickens on the Allotment
• 28/08/2005 - Children and Strawberries. Start of the Sweetcorn Harvest
• 26/08/2005 - Harvest Continues from Cucumbers to French Beans
• 24/08/2005 - Email Astray Victoria
• 23/08/2005 - Last of the Runner Bean Tipis and Keeping Chickens on the Plot
• 20/08/2005 - Merry Tiller Rotovating and Keeping Chickens on the Allotment
• 19/08/2005 - Uncultivated Plots on the Allotment Site
• 17/08/2005 - Blanching Beans and a Welcome Party on the Plot
• 16/08/2005 - Yet More Runner Beans, French Beans, Broad Beans
• 15/08/2005 - Enough Runner Beans and Loads of Courgettes
• 14/08/2005 - New Articles on Allotment Growing
• 13/08/2005 - Mystery of the Compost Bin
• 11/08/2005 - Large Juicy Strawberries and Contolling Horsetail or Marestail
• 10/08/2005 - Harvesting Runner Beans and Cucumbers
• 07/08/2005 - Harvesting, Blanching and Freezing Runner and French Beans
• 03/08/2005 - Yellow Mini Squash and Climbing French Beans
• 02/08/2005 - Compost Heap Construction
• 31/07/2005 - Improving the Soil Condition for Better Crops
• 29/07/2005 - Digging Over and Good News in the Greenhouse
• 27/07/2005 - Harvesting and How to Store Potatoes
• 26/07/2005 - Harvesting Potatoes Orla and Anya. Slug Damage a Problem
• 24/07/2005 - Freezing Produce, Blanching and Watching the Rain
• 23/07/2005 - Salad Crops, Cauliflowers and Potatoes Harvesting
• 22/07/2005 - Touring Allotment Sites in Crewe and Nantwich.
• 21/07/2005 - Harvesting Potatoes and Watering Potatoes
• 19/07/2005 - First Runner Bean Harvest, Peas and Cauliflowers
• 15/07/2005 - Watering and Weeding and Cutting Comfrey
• 13/07/2005 - Second Prize in the Allotment Competition
• 11/07/2005 - Too hot to Garden, Watering the Tomatoes
• 09/07/2005 - Last Broad Bean Harvest and Early Onward Peas
• 08/07/2005 - Harvesting Very Productive Courgettes
• 07/07/2005 - Awful London Bombings
• 03/07/2005 - Planting Dwarf French Beans, Green Manure Growing
• 30/06/2005 - Rain Benefits Weeds as Well as Crops
• 28/06/2005 - Harvest Starts, Horsetail or Marestail Returns
• 27/06/2005 - Preparing for the Allotment Competition
• 26/06/2005 - Rotovating with the Merry Tiller and Onion Rust Problem
• 25/06/2005 - Feeding Tomatoes Comfrey Tea and Harvesting Arran Pilot
• 24/06/2005 - Some Help from the HDRA regarding Bean Seed Fly - Delia platura
• 23/06/2005 - Inspecting the Plot and Watering the Tomatoes
• 20/06/2005 - Potatoes in Greenhouse a Failure
• 19/06/2005 - Tidying Up the Potting Shed, Broad Beans Looking Good
• 18/06/2005 - Too Hot to Work on the Plot, Using the Sprinkler
• 15/06/2005 - Growbag Watering Pots and Top Tip for Beans
• 14/06/2005 - Comfrey Planted and Up To Date
• 12/06/2005 - Comfrey Cut for Potatoes and Failed Parsnips
• 10/06/2005 - New Potatoes Flowering and Rebuilding the Water Storage
• 09/06/2005 - Water Storage Problems and Comfrey Liquid Feed
• 08/06/2005 - Moving Compost and Mulching Main Crop Potatoes
• 07/06/2005 - Watering, Weeding and Sweetcorn out of Cloche
• 05/06/2005 - Relay Runner Beans and Blue Lake Climbing Beans
• 04/06/2005 - Pinching Tomato Side Shoots and Chitting Beans
• 03/06/2005 - Tomatoes Dry Under Cloche, French Beans from France
• 31/05/2005 - Weeding Carrots as Psychological Therapy
• 29/05/2005 - Planting Runner and French Beans plus Ben the Rat on the Plot
• 28/05/2005 - Green Manure, Turkey Manure and a Fuel Crisis
• 27/05/2005 - Planted Late Broad Beans, Squash and Pumpkins plus a Senior Moment
• 26/05/2005 - Runner Bean Tipis and Repaired Grow House
• 25/05/2005 - Using the Mantis Tiller to Earth Up Potatoes
• 23/05/2005 - Planting Courgettes Under Cloche in the Rain
• 22/05/2005 - Companion Planting Marigolds with Tomatoes
• 21/05/2005 - Magnesium Defficiency Cure, Epsom Salts for Tomatoes
• 20/05/2005 - Planting Sweetcorn Under Cloche and Tomatoes into Growbags
• 19/05/2005 - A Day in the Greenhouse
• 18/05/2005 - Soil Warming Cloches for Sweetcorn and Pigeon Protection
• 15/05/2005 - Beans Rotting in Wet Compost
• 14/05/2005 - Second Comfrey Cut
• 11/05/2005 - Planting Brassicas and Using the Mantis Tiller
• 08/05/2005 - Planted Onions and then to the Potting Shed
• 06/05/2005 - Planting Potatoes and The Allotment Skip Arrives
• 05/05/2005 - Gardening Between Rain Showers
• 02/05/2005 - Sowing Curcubits in the Potting Shed
• 29/04/2005 - Planting Red Baron Onions and Senga Senga Strawberries
• 19/04/2005 - Planting First and Second Early Potatoes
• 18/04/2005 - Sowing Cucumbers and Apologies to the Spider
• 17/04/2005 - Sowing Runner, French and Kenya Beans in Pots
• 14/04/2005 - Greenhouse Sowing Courgettes, Pumpkins and Squashes
• 12/04/2005 - Gobo, Daikon, Blue Shiso Japanese Vegetables
• 11/04/2005 - New Drive Belt for the Merry Tiller and Planting Parsnips
• 10/04/2005 - Merry Tiller Problems and Propagating Comfrey
• 05/04/2005 - Working in the Greenhouse Potting on Tomatoes Sungold and Moneymaker
• 02/04/2005 - Dug Out the Parsnips and the Merry Tiller in Action
• 31/03/2005 - Emptied Compost Bin and Mouse on the Plot
• 29/03/2005 - Finish the Deep Bed, Harvested the Leeks
• 28/03/2005 - Moving a Deep Bed
• 24/03/2005 - Rotovating and Landscape Gardening
• 20/03/2005 - Transplanting Tomatoes and How Not to Start a Merry Tiller
• 19/03/2005 - Turkey Litter Manure
• 18/03/2005 - My New Merry Tiller Rotovator
• 17/03/2005 - Rotovator Breakdown and Planting Onion Sets
• 13/03/2005 - Sowing Seeds and Potting On
• 12/03/2005 - Planting out the Broad Beans
• 10/03/2005 - Rotovating and Fertilising
• 09/03/2005 - Using Rotovators, Mantis Tiller and Big Bertha
• 05/03/2005 - Sowing Gardeners Delight and Garden Pearl Tomatoes
• 27/02/2005 - Moving Leafmould and a Few Parsnips
• 26/02/2005 - Sowing Tomatoes, Peppers, Chilli, Aubergine
• 19/02/2005 - Repairing Computers on the Site
• 15/02/2005 - Carrot, Parsnip and Squash Recipes
• 08/02/2005 - Digging and Adding Lime to the Soil
• 06/02/2005 - Garden Centre Visit
• 03/02/2005 - Chitting Potatoes and Sowing Onions
• 02/02/2005 - Digging for Victory
• 23/01/2005 - Connecting with Nature and Developing Sciatica
• 16/01/2005 - Gardening and Global Warming
• 14/01/2005 - Compost Bin and Storm Damage
• 12/01/2005 - Aftermath of the Storm
• 08/01/2005 - Greenhouse Suffers Storm Damage