Month: June 2009

For a combination of rain and chores I only managed to get to the allotment quickly once over the last week, but – oh mine – how good the strawberries were, and this time nothing less than a couple of handfuls! Next time I go, the broadbeans will be ready to pick as well, and…

In the last three days I have been catching up for the whole of May, sowing as many seeds as possible before it’s too late: Sweetcorn Courgettes Beans More tomato and chillies More spinach The kiwi plant is finally on the mend and putting out shoots, and broadbeans are on their way. But this is…

Another evening spent watering on a trickle, as nematodes require wet soil to survive. But I had a little more stamina, so I transplanted the self-blanching celery, which beat my record of tinyness of transplant, as the seedling were just a few millimiters. However, I decided that last time round celery grew better in the…