Tag: l’orto

Cleared the weeds that had covered it once again, now that it’s time to plant out. Sowed some more carrots, as it seems that the previous batch are actually growing, then it was time to go, after picking today’s strawberries and some spinach. Wonder whether I shoud put plastic bags around the spinach flowers, to…

… in fact, the cime are out already, so is the cabbage and some tomatoes! No sign of courgettes though. I was too tired to stay, but I have picked another 200gr of strawberries and almost 1kg of broadbeans! There is quite a few holes (slugs?), though, possibly due to the fact that they grew…

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…

Spent most or the afternoon watering in the nematodes, with water just a trickle from the tap as so many people were watering thirsty plots. That certainly did not enhance my mood that was already tried by the thing that is increasingly driving me insane at the allotment: things left around in other people’s way!…