Tag: l’orto

Wildlife and crop updates. The ducks were back… The persistent, defiant creatures had passed through my layers of fencing with relative ease, so I had to put netting down to the level of ground, which means that frogs cannot go in either. Anyway, the war is now on! Rat still resisting the temptation of my…

Crop updates. I took my “extraterrestrial” chitted potatoes from the kitchen and carried them to London and back today hoping that the weather would keep so that I could plant them, which I did; half of them that is, because I ran out of space. So I spent the rest of the time working on…

… I have not taken my camera with me lately, but everything is coming back to life and it’s fresh green, or colourful and fragranced! I love walking around and smelling fragrances in the air! Yesterday I had friends with me: we popped in quickly at the allotment and had some fun picking leeks –…

Quick crop update. With a cold and a temperature, I still had to run down to the allotment as it was two days since my last visit and seedlings are unforgiving… … celery, in fact, was already wilting in patches: I made it just in time. Nasturtium is out, aubergines, sunflower and chamomile are doing…

Crop updates, the pleasures of gardening. I came to the UK almost 4 years ago. Before that, had anyone told me that I would dream of spending an hour or so shovelling shit after a stressful day at work, or that having slipped with my work shoes in the above mentioned – I would feel…

Crop updates, wildlife developments The ducks were not there tonight, so it seems the problem is solved! Hoorai! Now I can concentrate on the other troublesome species – the rat! I have started tackling the leftover manure to make a raised bed: I was planning it for potatoes but I had an idea and –…

Crop updates, wildlife developments, competition on the allotments Did I tell you my boss was a pretty incredible woman? Well, last week she came in the office with something else for me, and that seems to have solved my duck problem: green netting, with small holes, the perfect size! I put it on the pond…