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Fork it ... a Gloucester allotment: March 2009
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Monday, March 23, 2009. Believe it or not these are the hands of someone in their late thirties although you would be forgiven for thinking I am at least seventy by this picture! Anyway, this (I am VERY proud to say! Again for their excellent mail order/internet order service. This year I have only put muck in the trenches, last year I also put shredded paper with the idea that it would help conserve water, I'm not sure if it made much difference so I'm only doing muck . LOTS of muck! I've also managed t...
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Fork it ... a Gloucester allotment: June 2009
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009. And it's hot, hot, hot! D' strimming the plot. So lots has happened since my last posting on here about the plot. Sadly we suffered more vandelism, I once again stomped my feet and said 'stuff the allotment' and was ready to jack it in for all of 5 minutes! I suppose it is part of having an open garden but it still hurts to find things trashed. Most of the rest of the plot is doing well, most things are bigger than previous years and crops are generally producing well, we put lots...
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Fork it ... a Gloucester allotment: Save the environment .... compost your kitchen waste!
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Sunday, November 09, 2008. Save the environment . compost your kitchen waste! My 'compost cake' showing rotted and half rotted compost. The secret to successful composting is to make sure that you have a good mix of different types of waste. Things fall into different groups . Woody garden cuttings twigs and sawdust, cardboard, egg boxes, toilet rolls, newspaper, shredded paper. Old flowers and bedding plants, uncooked kitchen scraps, peelings, t-bags, grass cuttings, annual weeds. After 2 years of a sog...
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Fork it ... a Gloucester allotment: All is well
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Monday, November 03, 2008. Well, after having not been up to the plot for weeks due to the weather/vandalism/lack of oomph and stuff, we finally got there to do a bit of tidying up. What with the vandalism and other issues it has been difficult to feel like going and sorting things out but once we got there and got going it reminded us both just how therapeutic it can be. Calabrese in the foreground with nasturtiums and the remainder of the borlotti beans drying on the canes behind. The model is number 7...
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Fork it ... a Gloucester allotment: June 2008
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Friday, June 20, 2008. I've been wanting to do this for ages and we finally managed it. Our neighbour at home gave us a load of old wood for use on the allotment and we have constructed a pergola to sit under and admire all our hard work. When I say 'we' built it I of course mean 'D' built it with good advice and foreman skills from me! I still need to tidy up bits around it but we have already started the beds alongside it, on the left hand side is a 'Golden Hop' ( Humulus lupulus Aureus. The other rose...
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Fork it ... a Gloucester allotment: Come rain or shine!
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Friday, July 24, 2009. Come rain or shine! I was told by friends earlier in the year that we were supposed to be having a proper summer this year, I'm not qute sure what's happened. I know it's not been cold but my God the rain! The browny/rusty coloured plant in the picture above is a parsnip from last year which I have left on purpose to get the seeds, I'm amazed at how tall they grow! I've also just harvested my first ever cauliflower! But boy he was a whopper, almost the size of a football. I dec...
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Fork it ... a Gloucester allotment: September 2008
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Monday, September 15, 2008. I have now officially given up on summer! Why can't we have a proper summer! I haven't put an update on here for a while as I've been mad busy with starting a new job, I've gone into lecturing which is complete change from standing up cutting hair all day and means as I learn the new ropes I haven't had as much time to update the blog . sorry! One of the plot holders came in when it was happening and apprehended them. I'm so shocked that this amount of damage can be done b...
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Fork it ... a Gloucester allotment: Asparagus planting
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Monday, February 02, 2009. D' examining the new Asparagus bed and harvested carrots in foreground. Well, after a very long break in the blog I'm back! Sorry to anyone who has been waiting for a post (especially the Suffolk contingency! I've taken the plunge now and decided that if we're now in our 3rd year that we may well still have the plot in a couple of years so I went and bought some asparagus plants. I have to say that once again I'm really pleased by the service I received, a cardboard box arrived...
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Fork it ... a Gloucester allotment: August 2008
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Monday, August 04, 2008. Things are moving on quite nicely at the plot, I spent about 4 hours there today mowing and pottering about. The beans are producing MASSES, I planted half the amount of runner beans this year and we still seem to be inundated with them. The french beans are also going mad but I prefer them anyway so I'm happy to have lots of those and please don't anyone mention courgettes! I transplanted the different brassicas. Summer sprouting stir fry broccoli. Tripod with cosmos and in the ...
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Fork it ... a Gloucester allotment: Long time no see!!
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Sunday, June 28, 2009. Long time no see! I have been told off for not updating the blog by friends so this is a quick post to say hi to all! The allotment is blooming away and feeding us well, I've been so busy with work that I haven't had the chance to update the blog. At the moment we're harvesting new potatoes, broad beans, red onions, peas, strawberries, raspberries, rocket, courgette and artichokes. I don't have any pics at the moment so here are a couple of the garden at home! 28 June 2009 at 21:44...
