Orto di Casa Cecconi

My first allotment, and then one thing leading to another…

Month: April 2010

  • Talking of clearing up…

    I arrive at the plot, climb to the shed and… My gosh it’s light and airy! gobsmacked, jaw dropping… there is virtually no holly on the bank over the plot on the left, and the elders whose flowering I was looking forward for my cordial have mostly gone too! Maybe the new neighbour, maybe the…

  • First night shifts

    I have been for the first time after work yesterday, and then again today – very frustrating but at the same time it has been absolutely vital as slugs and snails (big, beautiful ones) seem to have found their way to my seedlings and have already cleared out four crops completely and another two or…

  • Queen of the raised beds

    Over Easter I became an expert of bed-making. I made four; still have another four to go and I am a tinselly bit tired and sore, but you know… It’s that time of the year! Anyway, if you do a big of gardening yourselves, you will know that it’s awfully expensive to buy pre-shaped wood…