............Seasons Greetings!
I know..I know it's only November......the bonfire's hardly out and my nuts are still warm!
But nevertheless it is that Season for being Jolly......and jolly I am but not for any particular reason.
Keep making wishes....new water tank......getting the greenhouse fixed.....vraicing .........manuring.......if only Santa's Little Helper could.....well.....help!
Need to do a little weeding and sorting on the plot....otherwise it's all hunky dorey.
I have no idea what I'm going to do next year................
Abitot
Thursday 27 November 2014
Wednesday 19 November 2014
Oh Woe is me!
Greetings Faithful Followers of Shallotment!
I jest ....all is not woeful but I have sadly been very much neglecting you. I have no excuse save general laziness which I much regret as I should be entertaining you with all my adventures.
So to give you all a little Summer update the results are......
Strawberries....a few handfulls
Onions.....plentiful and huge!
Broad beans.....fair crop.
Beets....pretty fantastic. Got plenty pickled.
Runner beans.....pretty poor!
Squashes....non existant.
Courgettes.....fabulous.
Kale.....great.
Chard....great.
Rhubarb......brilliant.
Glads and daliahs ......great.
Tomatoes.....tomtastic.
Chillies....disappointing.
Melon.....one the size of a tangerine! (but perfect!)
Plot improvements....slab path down the middle with a super willow archway!
Generating a nice compost in the compost dalek!
Need to really sus my water capture this year.....been rather lax and need to get things sorted.
The Wife has joined the RHS and we're off to Chelsea next year. FAB!
That's all for now Folks!
Keep on keeping on.
Abitot.
I jest ....all is not woeful but I have sadly been very much neglecting you. I have no excuse save general laziness which I much regret as I should be entertaining you with all my adventures.
So to give you all a little Summer update the results are......
Strawberries....a few handfulls
Onions.....plentiful and huge!
Broad beans.....fair crop.
Beets....pretty fantastic. Got plenty pickled.
Runner beans.....pretty poor!
Squashes....non existant.
Courgettes.....fabulous.
Kale.....great.
Chard....great.
Rhubarb......brilliant.
Glads and daliahs ......great.
Tomatoes.....tomtastic.
Chillies....disappointing.
Melon.....one the size of a tangerine! (but perfect!)
Plot improvements....slab path down the middle with a super willow archway!
Generating a nice compost in the compost dalek!
Need to really sus my water capture this year.....been rather lax and need to get things sorted.
The Wife has joined the RHS and we're off to Chelsea next year. FAB!
That's all for now Folks!
Keep on keeping on.
Abitot.
Saturday 7 June 2014
Growing pains .....
Greetings!
Growing is painful.....from the top of the plot it's looking a bit like this....
Carrots......fab.
Strawberries....not so bad but some are getting nibbled by critters.
Broad beans....slowly getting there but being attacked by black fly .
Leeks...looking great.
Beets.....holding their own.
Onions .....loads and loads.
Rhubarb.....great.
Lupins...beautiful but being swamped by aphids.
Spuds.... Started slow but finished fine... A touch of blight but nothing to worry.
Onions.....more!
Runner beans....beginning to run.
Sweet corn.......slowly slowly .
Toms...rampant
Chillies......coming along.
Parsnips.....doing ok.
Melons.....! Lol!
I think that's about it....all in all not so bad indeed. No real surprises and no disasters ...yet.
Growing conditions are perfect ....getting lots of sun and a bit of rain.
Loving it all.
Keep on Carrying On!
Abitot.
Growing is painful.....from the top of the plot it's looking a bit like this....
Carrots......fab.
Strawberries....not so bad but some are getting nibbled by critters.
Broad beans....slowly getting there but being attacked by black fly .
Leeks...looking great.
Beets.....holding their own.
Onions .....loads and loads.
Rhubarb.....great.
Lupins...beautiful but being swamped by aphids.
Spuds.... Started slow but finished fine... A touch of blight but nothing to worry.
Onions.....more!
Runner beans....beginning to run.
Sweet corn.......slowly slowly .
Toms...rampant
Chillies......coming along.
Parsnips.....doing ok.
Melons.....! Lol!
I think that's about it....all in all not so bad indeed. No real surprises and no disasters ...yet.
Growing conditions are perfect ....getting lots of sun and a bit of rain.
Loving it all.
Keep on Carrying On!
Abitot.
Monday 26 May 2014
Royal Visit.
Greetings.
Well not quite ...but almost as Georgina and Camilla came to visit today. So I was up on the plot early and got weeding and tidying in readiness . So I've put a new step down onto the plot and planted the willow branches on either side to make an arch. Looks fab. Did a bit of planting out and potting on....toms and chillies or are they peppers....? Anyway I also sorted the melons so the greenhouse is done. Just got to plant out the rest of the beetroot once I've dug the rest of my spuds.
Have I mentioned the lupins? Producing tons of stems. And the strawberries .....huge!
And the weather has been unusually good too....sunny and warm. Beautiful!
Keep on Keeping on.
Abitot.
Well not quite ...but almost as Georgina and Camilla came to visit today. So I was up on the plot early and got weeding and tidying in readiness . So I've put a new step down onto the plot and planted the willow branches on either side to make an arch. Looks fab. Did a bit of planting out and potting on....toms and chillies or are they peppers....? Anyway I also sorted the melons so the greenhouse is done. Just got to plant out the rest of the beetroot once I've dug the rest of my spuds.
Have I mentioned the lupins? Producing tons of stems. And the strawberries .....huge!
And the weather has been unusually good too....sunny and warm. Beautiful!
Keep on Keeping on.
Abitot.
Saturday 24 May 2014
Wet Wet Wet
Greetings...
Not just a group!
Been pouring all week....great for me onions and corn and beans and berries and stuff but not good for cats.
Just got beetroot to get planted out now and my mellons to get sorted in the greenhouse and that will sorta be it for a bit. Chillies begining to show well. Toms continuing to please.
I love it!
Keep on enjoying.
Abitot.
Not just a group!
Been pouring all week....great for me onions and corn and beans and berries and stuff but not good for cats.
Just got beetroot to get planted out now and my mellons to get sorted in the greenhouse and that will sorta be it for a bit. Chillies begining to show well. Toms continuing to please.
I love it!
Keep on enjoying.
Abitot.
Monday 19 May 2014
Great weekend
Greetings.
And what a scorcher she was! Lots done out on the plot.....more beans....courgettes......kale.....in! Spuds almost all dug......not a huge harvest but not bad tasting. Toms setting and growing madly.
Just have my beets and parsnips to plant out. Strawberry crop loking fab.
On the downside the plot is drinking me dry......half a tank left already. Woe.
On the upside....it's all good!
Keep on keeping on.
Abitot
And what a scorcher she was! Lots done out on the plot.....more beans....courgettes......kale.....in! Spuds almost all dug......not a huge harvest but not bad tasting. Toms setting and growing madly.
Just have my beets and parsnips to plant out. Strawberry crop loking fab.
On the downside the plot is drinking me dry......half a tank left already. Woe.
On the upside....it's all good!
Keep on keeping on.
Abitot
Wednesday 14 May 2014
Nursery
Greetings.
Very sunshiney today and forecast to get only better. Fab.
A nest of tiny golden spiders has hatched on my barrow. They're amazing!
Lady Di beans seem to be struggling a bit. Sweet corn doing great. Tom's are rampant.
Delighted with progress ......looking forward to Saturday as I intend to dig the rest of my spuds...plant out my courgettes and beets and kale. Lots to do but a sunny day will make it brilliantl.
Keep on enjoying.
Abitot
Saturday 10 May 2014
Eurovision
Greetings Followers!
Happy Eurovision Day and Happy Liberation Day for yesterday. Yes Followers Jersey was ooccupied during W W 2.
Today it has been mainly sunny... hurrarh! On the plot I've planted out my sweet corn and my Lady Di beans. I hope they don't get blown away.
Me onions are all picking up....that's a relief cos I thought I might haves lost some. Leeks looking good. Picked my first spuds....better than last year ...maybe need a couple more weeks. All going great! Fab. Keep on enjoying. Abitot
Happy Eurovision Day and Happy Liberation Day for yesterday. Yes Followers Jersey was ooccupied during W W 2.
Today it has been mainly sunny... hurrarh! On the plot I've planted out my sweet corn and my Lady Di beans. I hope they don't get blown away.
Me onions are all picking up....that's a relief cos I thought I might haves lost some. Leeks looking good. Picked my first spuds....better than last year ...maybe need a couple more weeks. All going great! Fab. Keep on enjoying. Abitot
Thursday 8 May 2014
Vacances ....
En France.
Greetings. Yes I've had a few days away in France. All jolly lovely. Having said that I was dying to get back to the plot and sure enough when I got there all things going rampant! Toms are going to have a bumper year....I feel it!
Needless to say...rain again!
Abitot .
Greetings. Yes I've had a few days away in France. All jolly lovely. Having said that I was dying to get back to the plot and sure enough when I got there all things going rampant! Toms are going to have a bumper year....I feel it!
Needless to say...rain again!
Abitot .
Sunday 27 April 2014
Precipitation
Greetings!
Yes Shallotment people it is raining. This is good news. Plants need water. On the flip side my spuds are in raggy order and I don't like it!
I unpacked my new water pump today. It's Brill! I can't use it however due to rain. I need the sun out at midday to align the solar panel up. Fat chance of that today.
Seeds......hurry up!
Abitot.
Yes Shallotment people it is raining. This is good news. Plants need water. On the flip side my spuds are in raggy order and I don't like it!
I unpacked my new water pump today. It's Brill! I can't use it however due to rain. I need the sun out at midday to align the solar panel up. Fat chance of that today.
Seeds......hurry up!
Abitot.
Friday 25 April 2014
Onions!
Greetings!
Well knowing your onions is one thing but planting them out is another! Another 100 planted out bring the total up to about 200.
The Plot is now all weeded and Bobs Bean Gazebo is built....and what a jolly fine edifice it is. I may have already mentioned this but worth mentioning it again!
In the greenhouse all is going mad. Tomatoes ate looking fab, sweet corn is up, beans are up as are more beets. Melons are not showing yet and snails have been having a go at my courgettes. As a result I've liberally spread loads of anti snail pellets. Hopefully that will sort them out.
The Girls are doing fine....averaging six a day. Pip is engineering a new run which should be an improvement on the current one.
And the suns coming out again!
Fab!
Keep enjoying.
Abitot
Well knowing your onions is one thing but planting them out is another! Another 100 planted out bring the total up to about 200.
The Plot is now all weeded and Bobs Bean Gazebo is built....and what a jolly fine edifice it is. I may have already mentioned this but worth mentioning it again!
In the greenhouse all is going mad. Tomatoes ate looking fab, sweet corn is up, beans are up as are more beets. Melons are not showing yet and snails have been having a go at my courgettes. As a result I've liberally spread loads of anti snail pellets. Hopefully that will sort them out.
The Girls are doing fine....averaging six a day. Pip is engineering a new run which should be an improvement on the current one.
And the suns coming out again!
Fab!
Keep enjoying.
Abitot
Tuesday 22 April 2014
Engineering
Greetings!
Pip is the Great engineer. He loves it. Everything is straight level and upright. Much concrete and stuff to make things solid and long lasting. ......it's just not my way ....I love gardening and making things grow and making do. I will use Universal Glue to make things stick....Mud by any other name. It works... Ok maybe only temporarily but it does the job. The football post bean grower was great last year.....beans grew up it and it worked. It did fall down though after the Winter storms.....not surprising really but as a result it gives me the opportunity to do something else. So this year I have Bobs Bean Gazebo! Four corner posts with cross members on top with the trellis resting over. Bamboo poles on three sides. Solid!
Also I've put some scaffold boards on my pallet board fence as the weeds are smothering my Glads. Neatness things up.
Lovin it!
Keep on keeping on Enjoying!
Abitot.
Pip is the Great engineer. He loves it. Everything is straight level and upright. Much concrete and stuff to make things solid and long lasting. ......it's just not my way ....I love gardening and making things grow and making do. I will use Universal Glue to make things stick....Mud by any other name. It works... Ok maybe only temporarily but it does the job. The football post bean grower was great last year.....beans grew up it and it worked. It did fall down though after the Winter storms.....not surprising really but as a result it gives me the opportunity to do something else. So this year I have Bobs Bean Gazebo! Four corner posts with cross members on top with the trellis resting over. Bamboo poles on three sides. Solid!
Also I've put some scaffold boards on my pallet board fence as the weeds are smothering my Glads. Neatness things up.
Lovin it!
Keep on keeping on Enjoying!
Abitot.
Monday 21 April 2014
Busy busy!
Greetings!
Much been doing! Since our last posting it's been growing great.
Toms have been transplanted in the greenhouse. I have sown sweet corn , beets, kale, courgettes,melons,peas and beans. Peppers and chillies haven't done much so will be re seeding. Currant cuttings have taken well. All looking very tidy.
Outside on the Plot....been cropping rhubarb....about 20 lbs so far. New potatoes in and growing nicely......got four rows with only a couple of misses. Strawberry patch weeded and looking good...a few flowers but hopefully should get a fairly good crop. Broad beans planted out as are about 100 onions. Planted out my asparagus plants....thought I was doing the right thing by planting them in a mound......then I watched a you tube clip and next year I'll be doing it properly!
More digging done and more beets, swedes and chard sown.
So two thirds of the Plot under cultivation with one third to go. Have me a plan for my runners ...I'm going to raise my trellis on four corners like a kind of gazebo and run them up bamboos .....should be great.
The weathers been pretty good all round...sunny in the main with a bit of rain to keep the dust down.
At home the fence is slowly changing colour.....
That's it!
Keep on enjoying!
Abitot
Much been doing! Since our last posting it's been growing great.
Toms have been transplanted in the greenhouse. I have sown sweet corn , beets, kale, courgettes,melons,peas and beans. Peppers and chillies haven't done much so will be re seeding. Currant cuttings have taken well. All looking very tidy.
Outside on the Plot....been cropping rhubarb....about 20 lbs so far. New potatoes in and growing nicely......got four rows with only a couple of misses. Strawberry patch weeded and looking good...a few flowers but hopefully should get a fairly good crop. Broad beans planted out as are about 100 onions. Planted out my asparagus plants....thought I was doing the right thing by planting them in a mound......then I watched a you tube clip and next year I'll be doing it properly!
More digging done and more beets, swedes and chard sown.
So two thirds of the Plot under cultivation with one third to go. Have me a plan for my runners ...I'm going to raise my trellis on four corners like a kind of gazebo and run them up bamboos .....should be great.
The weathers been pretty good all round...sunny in the main with a bit of rain to keep the dust down.
At home the fence is slowly changing colour.....
That's it!
Keep on enjoying!
Abitot
Saturday 22 March 2014
Absent
Grtings!
My apologies for being absent for a while....
Been doing at home....fence being finished and painted....pruning wisteria, roses etc....(well Jenny my new find gardener has!) Garden looking lovely and Springy still.
On the Plot rhubarb has gone mad, greenhouse spuds are now outdoor spuds and outdoor spuds are in. Plot a little neglected but getting ready for planting out onions...of which I've just potted on 60 plants.
Broad beans sprouting as are parsnips and toms and a few other bits and pieces. Dang snails have had my mellons!
Girls are averaging 6 a day and we've even had eight on one day!.
All in all pretty great!
Keep on Enjoying.
Abitot
My apologies for being absent for a while....
Been doing at home....fence being finished and painted....pruning wisteria, roses etc....(well Jenny my new find gardener has!) Garden looking lovely and Springy still.
On the Plot rhubarb has gone mad, greenhouse spuds are now outdoor spuds and outdoor spuds are in. Plot a little neglected but getting ready for planting out onions...of which I've just potted on 60 plants.
Broad beans sprouting as are parsnips and toms and a few other bits and pieces. Dang snails have had my mellons!
Girls are averaging 6 a day and we've even had eight on one day!.
All in all pretty great!
Keep on Enjoying.
Abitot
Tuesday 4 March 2014
Turmoil
Greetings
In this World of turmoil and uncertainty let me say "Good Luck " to all Ukranians who value truth, justice and freedom.
On the Plot still not a lot I'm afraid. It's warming up slowly and even the rain is becoming less troublesome!
A couple of trays of carrots in......spuds leaping ahead.
Keep on!
Abitot
In this World of turmoil and uncertainty let me say "Good Luck " to all Ukranians who value truth, justice and freedom.
On the Plot still not a lot I'm afraid. It's warming up slowly and even the rain is becoming less troublesome!
A couple of trays of carrots in......spuds leaping ahead.
Keep on!
Abitot
Saturday 15 February 2014
Hope....
Greetings!
Sochi! Winter Olympics...Snowboarding....Skeleton....Bobsleigh....Gold...Gold....Gold!
Come on Great Britain!!!!
Now I've got that over here's the news! Sowing sowing sowing!
Parsnips, tomatoes (lots of different ones), cayenne chillies, jalapeno chillies, bell peppers, mellons and more peas!
Spuds doing really well... leeks and onions comming along too. Rhubarb rampant!
The Girls are doing their bit too....up to 4 a day. Come on!
Things are really hotting up now.....
Keep On!
Abitot
Sochi! Winter Olympics...Snowboarding....Skeleton....Bobsleigh....Gold...Gold....Gold!
Come on Great Britain!!!!
Now I've got that over here's the news! Sowing sowing sowing!
Parsnips, tomatoes (lots of different ones), cayenne chillies, jalapeno chillies, bell peppers, mellons and more peas!
Spuds doing really well... leeks and onions comming along too. Rhubarb rampant!
The Girls are doing their bit too....up to 4 a day. Come on!
Things are really hotting up now.....
Keep On!
Abitot
Saturday 1 February 2014
Signs of Spring
Greetings
Well I've been Springifying the garden.....raking leaves and doing a bit of weeding making way for the crocusses, daffs and hyacinths which are all poking through.
On the plot....not a lot! Peas and onions doing....leeks a bit slower.
Dry and sunny this morning...a few showers and feeling a bit chilly.
Now for some rugby!
Abitot
Well I've been Springifying the garden.....raking leaves and doing a bit of weeding making way for the crocusses, daffs and hyacinths which are all poking through.
On the plot....not a lot! Peas and onions doing....leeks a bit slower.
Dry and sunny this morning...a few showers and feeling a bit chilly.
Now for some rugby!
Abitot
Thursday 30 January 2014
Saturday 25 January 2014
Pea shoots
Greetings.
Yes indeed! Peas shooting....well only one so far....but it's a start!
And an onion. Whoop.
Abitot
Yes indeed! Peas shooting....well only one so far....but it's a start!
And an onion. Whoop.
Abitot
Saturday 18 January 2014
On...On
Greetings.
Weeding along.
A gift of a number of Royals.....in bags in the Greenhouse. Fab.
More rain!
Abitot.
Weeding along.
A gift of a number of Royals.....in bags in the Greenhouse. Fab.
More rain!
Abitot.
Wednesday 15 January 2014
Grrrreat!
Greetings
Well the weather is a little changeable. Lovely day folowed by rain etc etc.
Done a bit of hoeing. New hoes are brill. For my American friends that's not what you think! Lol.
Got me some Blueberry cuttings so fingers crossed I'll have ten bushes in due course.
Picked me some raspberries! Yes indeed some very late ones. Fab.
My neighbour has a great solar powered pump. Gonna get me one of those!
Self seeded broad beans doing great. Flowering an all too. A happy mistake.
So thats leeks, onions,peas,rhubarb, blueberries and beans on the way.
Things are already shaping up.
Keep on keeping on.
Abitot
Well the weather is a little changeable. Lovely day folowed by rain etc etc.
Done a bit of hoeing. New hoes are brill. For my American friends that's not what you think! Lol.
Got me some Blueberry cuttings so fingers crossed I'll have ten bushes in due course.
Picked me some raspberries! Yes indeed some very late ones. Fab.
My neighbour has a great solar powered pump. Gonna get me one of those!
Self seeded broad beans doing great. Flowering an all too. A happy mistake.
So thats leeks, onions,peas,rhubarb, blueberries and beans on the way.
Things are already shaping up.
Keep on keeping on.
Abitot
Friday 10 January 2014
New Year....New Growing!
Greetings!
It's started. Growing! Well actually it's been doing that already as I have just taken some purple sprouting. Having said that the Plot is looking a little forlorn and needs a bit of weeding.
Today however I have sown some peas and leeks! Fab.
Rhubarb is peeking through.
Got me some new hoes and a smart dibber for Christmas. And a lovely tin box from Eve!
The Girls seem to be surviving the Winter .....a bit damp but quite mild. Averaged about two a day which is quite impressive really.
Asks you know we all have lots and lots to do.
Keep on Enjoying.
Abitot.
It's started. Growing! Well actually it's been doing that already as I have just taken some purple sprouting. Having said that the Plot is looking a little forlorn and needs a bit of weeding.
Today however I have sown some peas and leeks! Fab.
Rhubarb is peeking through.
Got me some new hoes and a smart dibber for Christmas. And a lovely tin box from Eve!
The Girls seem to be surviving the Winter .....a bit damp but quite mild. Averaged about two a day which is quite impressive really.
Asks you know we all have lots and lots to do.
Keep on Enjoying.
Abitot.
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