Year: 2008

Crop updates, summing up the season and crop yields This weekend – despite the very pleasant weather – I did not manage to go to the allotment. Again. However, I went there quickly on Thursday evening and everything looked allright. Spinach is coming out, corn seems fine although a bit battered, pumpkins not developing much…

Crop updates, corn odyssey It turns out that the corn is not gone bad: it is actually not ripe yet. I re-opened the cob leaves and the tiny pale yellow grains I noticed last time seem to be turning greyish. From that I derive there is a problem with the method of checking the tassels:…

Reading instead of practising because of other commitments and the weather, corn odyssey The tomatoes were quite tasty, look forward to pick the others – this weekend I did not manage to go to the allotment: too much to do at home and miserable weather. Not a day goes by – however – that I…

Crop updates I was sitting half-asleep on the train tonight when my stop came: I almost jumped up and looked out, it was still relatively light. My watch said it was ten to seven so I suddenly decided I would just drop in at the allotment. With my laptop on my shoulders, the city suit…

Crop updates, Garden Organic and Heritage Seed Library Another gorgeous weekend and I have digged the last 5 pounds of potatoes and planted green manure in most empty beds. And had to water seedlings, curiously enough after this summer’s weather. Unlike the corn, tomatoes in the greenhouse are almost ripe, I have cooked a second…