Month: April 2009
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Just about managed…
Crop updates, wildlife status … to transplant all the celery (3 evenings it took), most tomatoes, aubergines and chillies before my energies abandoned me on Sunday. The last time I saw them the transplanted seedlings were doing well, and cima di rapa was three days old. The grass is in a phase of amazing growth…
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Something new happening every day
Crop updates The big news is that I was happily weeding when I could not believe my eyes: asparagus were out (pretty sure there was nothing there on Sunday!) and already some 10 cm tall. Also, the cima di rapa I sowed on Sunday was out with tiny cotyledons – it still amazes me how…
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Everything falling into place…
Crop updates, the exhausting job of applying nematodes, cooking from produce Most or the seedlings are doing great, with the exception or salad, which has been exterminated in whatever form I planted it, the rapa bianca – ditto – and the beheaded sunflower cotyledons. Celery is making tiny three-lobed leaves, spinach is growing and even…
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Nematodes arrived!
Wildlife on the plot My nematodes [microscopic white wormlike parasites of the slug] arrived yesterday: death to slugs! They are sitting in the fridge right now, ready for action. Next step will be to deal with woodlice as I seem to have a problem with them in the greenhouse: all my sunflower cotyledons have been…
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Not too bad compared to last year!
Crop and picnic updates. Although I am not going to the allotment as much as would be necessary at this time of year, I must say that – compared to last year when I was doing up the house at the same time – I am more or less on schedule. Celery is growing, same…
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In praise of parsley and the ‘trita prezzemolo’
Preparing for Easter picnic, parsley and the ‘trita prezzemolo’, crop updates. Tomorrow we are going for a picnic with friends, and I have offered to take some antipasti, sage focaccia and Pimm’s. Incursion into the allotment required to get: mint, sage and parsley. While I was there I noticed that the rain of the last…
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Planting more seeds
Crop updates, bumblebees & rats. I see the rat every day now. When I arrive, he runs from underneath my shed towards a pile of rubbish that is behind it. Afraid that he might have digged a hole in the floor and let himself in, I cleared everything but there’s no sign of holes. After…
About Me
M.Paola Andreoni
I got the first allotment in 2007 (in the UK) and started growing my own food for the first time. Learning as I went along was not enough, so I studied some horticulture. I am striving to abide by organic principles. Brexit gave me a new life in the Netherlands, and two new plots by a nature reserve.
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