tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-131652792024-03-19T23:13:02.393+00:00Losing the PlotThe trials and tribulations of my attempts to 'grow my own' on a Cambridge allotmentEmma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.comBlogger286125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-17038318916917269072011-06-14T12:14:00.001+00:002011-06-15T12:51:10.669+00:00Sweetcorn envy<div style="text-align: center;">This is Chris's second plot - It is always immaculate, his crops always appear to grow bigger than anyone else and I am on a mission to discover his secrets.......</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGYkxPYOV1bz6n0MNTvNH_UVQF0EdX-kvjHHovdpqMZWxnBFovhn_qS_2jPuGqAg6NQIn_O_IAk0oU3WwtcgzpXyEnXoIVQpnfItuJfr2aT7dLBJJqTVqggwb7b2qMPT2j7YO/s1600/Allotment+June+2011+010.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGYkxPYOV1bz6n0MNTvNH_UVQF0EdX-kvjHHovdpqMZWxnBFovhn_qS_2jPuGqAg6NQIn_O_IAk0oU3WwtcgzpXyEnXoIVQpnfItuJfr2aT7dLBJJqTVqggwb7b2qMPT2j7YO/s320/Allotment+June+2011+010.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618427258742262210" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This is his first plot from the greenhouse up towards the strawberry bed....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM0Pl4IoHSYSMldam87TcjyR515wYaZ6dt_adQht46gSsZn9L4D5lNnmkDN0xffCqdcYYeTXiENbkMhf-lmpMrfj_aUbtCDcc_ZXJY6DMTz1vUizN0U-vGZXSBCeHfqPP5Hyx4/s1600/Allotment+June+2011+011.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM0Pl4IoHSYSMldam87TcjyR515wYaZ6dt_adQht46gSsZn9L4D5lNnmkDN0xffCqdcYYeTXiENbkMhf-lmpMrfj_aUbtCDcc_ZXJY6DMTz1vUizN0U-vGZXSBCeHfqPP5Hyx4/s320/Allotment+June+2011+011.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618426591639712482" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This is his strawberry bed & his greenhouse beyond - which is already producing good sized cucumbers.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsDK_7gK3-qf8j9Ni9Oh8DvQ3n8B1DCml-spwcIupQbr1hucIQUHw0SIFUfVyOoCACdR7tR49AjN_bG2vxVBgtna-fSrrvml3TkYIfwCoPJXT_w-7F2pes-_y8cG9Z30jaY5qI/s1600/Allotment+June+2011+013.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsDK_7gK3-qf8j9Ni9Oh8DvQ3n8B1DCml-spwcIupQbr1hucIQUHw0SIFUfVyOoCACdR7tR49AjN_bG2vxVBgtna-fSrrvml3TkYIfwCoPJXT_w-7F2pes-_y8cG9Z30jaY5qI/s320/Allotment+June+2011+013.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618420244257511730" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And this is his sweetcorn - and it's massive, about 5 times the size of mine. He must feed it on rocket fuel! it is far more advanced than anyone's on the site.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mmmmm.....undercover operations are required here I think!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7cOStQPPRnfHNpSaN8t0RUZf32q_VxXLOkzhbiY61hBIbe_m2lX27yhRBhSUL_Pc16LFkJhMEMnETmobvksfXnYNcOesUvp8YaDu9E-KUvbZzniHaxgojnGs98xUHDBFEKdD/s1600/Allotment+June+2011+012.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7cOStQPPRnfHNpSaN8t0RUZf32q_VxXLOkzhbiY61hBIbe_m2lX27yhRBhSUL_Pc16LFkJhMEMnETmobvksfXnYNcOesUvp8YaDu9E-KUvbZzniHaxgojnGs98xUHDBFEKdD/s320/Allotment+June+2011+012.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618420234498211522" /></a>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-68693119774404757942011-06-13T20:47:00.001+00:002011-06-15T12:13:24.299+00:00Balls<div style="text-align: center;">I was wandering round Asda when I spotted bargain ball pond balls so snapped up a bag to use as cane toppers to stop me poking my eyes out on the canes.....Lots of people round the site use old milk bottles for this purpose but I think that the balls are much nicer to look at & add colour!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyxPkb6C3doMAa2rwmpvWQeZ92RKOGEvb6MgZsfe3twYcmts_rP2fmdSaH8LNnM4CbrYdsrDqreNRHIaE4jteKGpi2d7EgihWGsg4KWBqdgFv6kFjoVJrBRipTCvJysgS_4lZ/s1600/Allotment+June+2011+007.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyxPkb6C3doMAa2rwmpvWQeZ92RKOGEvb6MgZsfe3twYcmts_rP2fmdSaH8LNnM4CbrYdsrDqreNRHIaE4jteKGpi2d7EgihWGsg4KWBqdgFv6kFjoVJrBRipTCvJysgS_4lZ/s320/Allotment+June+2011+007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618416583057397826" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The front of the plot...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFa8RoDGGyDhXRs3Mtb6wu6hZyyz4RUOJf2Q3n0XmLSKLF_DbMrlhnjozQld5xBBgfKAGIXee-WfcT0KQjBXeVQDjEQnUtYhbsGfmdUNExRyKOnshZKQvGmwp4WzGJmCH-zVdb/s1600/Allotment+June+2011+008.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFa8RoDGGyDhXRs3Mtb6wu6hZyyz4RUOJf2Q3n0XmLSKLF_DbMrlhnjozQld5xBBgfKAGIXee-WfcT0KQjBXeVQDjEQnUtYhbsGfmdUNExRyKOnshZKQvGmwp4WzGJmCH-zVdb/s320/Allotment+June+2011+008.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618416579491229042" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My front flower bed.... many of the plants got caught by the frost & looked like they would not make it, but they seem to have made a comeback & are starting to flower.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGpmT8CyHN5Pbx96tdYPZYvjdE43hjnEBjLCgrHss4ZB1e7nIF7oKfJ2scTf4Hy_7-1ZjlZ8TJke5GFPZBkr-bzB4-GFYQ65RZvW2VKebyyhu7-i3NjMRubSE8tsllCDIOOsc/s1600/Allotment+June+2011+009.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGpmT8CyHN5Pbx96tdYPZYvjdE43hjnEBjLCgrHss4ZB1e7nIF7oKfJ2scTf4Hy_7-1ZjlZ8TJke5GFPZBkr-bzB4-GFYQ65RZvW2VKebyyhu7-i3NjMRubSE8tsllCDIOOsc/s320/Allotment+June+2011+009.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618416575975994994" /></a>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-12188610117886757132011-06-12T20:00:00.000+00:002011-06-15T11:47:28.519+00:00Domestic Goddess<div style="text-align: center;">Well at last came the rain - a whole day of it so rather than get completely soaked I decided to do some inside jobs, and here's the result....... a beautifully clean & tidy shed.....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzuxM_ELSJK5as82tVr0BfBy3KBZBdD7xJ4yjIzu-aDVixIySqKxP5CcjNszh-dgBWZE5MCjEVrEi4sIZ4pAn6umi-zG5Hoem0HGyFCtHNerz46uxbCOch1N9olAquLvvq7eig/s1600/Allotment+June+2011+002.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzuxM_ELSJK5as82tVr0BfBy3KBZBdD7xJ4yjIzu-aDVixIySqKxP5CcjNszh-dgBWZE5MCjEVrEi4sIZ4pAn6umi-zG5Hoem0HGyFCtHNerz46uxbCOch1N9olAquLvvq7eig/s320/Allotment+June+2011+002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618403563009210626" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Once the shed was done I moved into the greenhouse & potted on the aubergines...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioyIeIEOTFh0PlI5Y10gVDK4CnDc0nOSYg9nrYXKnOsdEzdykQsbRMr_4Z9O9zBC046ctiadwR02W3UdRWlJrVLnxYi0Qme4AnE-ZHm9Gylqsb3t-GzGIYV8DWeDJ-FfPJ1BgX/s1600/Allotment+June+2011+003.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioyIeIEOTFh0PlI5Y10gVDK4CnDc0nOSYg9nrYXKnOsdEzdykQsbRMr_4Z9O9zBC046ctiadwR02W3UdRWlJrVLnxYi0Qme4AnE-ZHm9Gylqsb3t-GzGIYV8DWeDJ-FfPJ1BgX/s320/Allotment+June+2011+003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618403556724550098" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">and some of the chilies......</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwbK7EqIajOWQvqjuj01WquD1JWR44l3zHrEWdkXDq-da77QX2iYhs7IKF6439ZHCvfXOqZjbphN2g3tCqueLjjsj7Cwwy6e52V-yO4SkhylGoWWtxjVqpuW7yqFqyGz1M_hb/s1600/Allotment+June+2011+005.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwbK7EqIajOWQvqjuj01WquD1JWR44l3zHrEWdkXDq-da77QX2iYhs7IKF6439ZHCvfXOqZjbphN2g3tCqueLjjsj7Cwwy6e52V-yO4SkhylGoWWtxjVqpuW7yqFqyGz1M_hb/s320/Allotment+June+2011+005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618403549128947234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">and the curly kale.....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ai0bUi9LLz5946eydXbPcTZRxXhVXTwHaAzIuu55dGf8eLtwp8kMpurN1Xsvc3lvFP4NggTEqiCtozOwhweCQbpwz7AeomPAk0Li_MGmjZ7aqLWYvJozdD8s0FeE-CvYIEhv/s1600/Allotment+June+2011+006.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ai0bUi9LLz5946eydXbPcTZRxXhVXTwHaAzIuu55dGf8eLtwp8kMpurN1Xsvc3lvFP4NggTEqiCtozOwhweCQbpwz7AeomPAk0Li_MGmjZ7aqLWYvJozdD8s0FeE-CvYIEhv/s320/Allotment+June+2011+006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618403540328667138" /></a>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-67463853129822546482011-06-12T08:00:00.000+00:002011-06-12T08:53:39.752+00:00Emma's tomato emporium<div style="text-align: center;">Have now planted the tomatoes I started in the greenhouse, into the polytunnel - There were alot of them!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzWZFdj7mU9Tf9Eq7i-fYfQpMNUTcV6pUWw2706pxpXzZ6uD6PS5CvWswoDsSUV1IOq43jewecbFUU_8qoqEzuGRBsnHd62UQVpL5xMVrZtFFZZTkJjRjZ3S7YgZmjC9uDFyk/s1600/Allotment+June+2011+007.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzWZFdj7mU9Tf9Eq7i-fYfQpMNUTcV6pUWw2706pxpXzZ6uD6PS5CvWswoDsSUV1IOq43jewecbFUU_8qoqEzuGRBsnHd62UQVpL5xMVrZtFFZZTkJjRjZ3S7YgZmjC9uDFyk/s320/Allotment+June+2011+007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617250598956298082" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Down this side there are Costoluto Fiorentino, Sungella and Garden Perle</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ZrBNEk9cXY1_5sYScF-VT3P-AFoZZOfP-KaQqHia-ftrmpA_WuJjtVRwk8AFX0W_8W2fUK9JFKgCRn1O2b78hk3-qu21ZNWzAL3l14_E0FS26h7DTSBUKVksFTlbH1UvnYf4/s1600/Allotment+June+2011+008.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ZrBNEk9cXY1_5sYScF-VT3P-AFoZZOfP-KaQqHia-ftrmpA_WuJjtVRwk8AFX0W_8W2fUK9JFKgCRn1O2b78hk3-qu21ZNWzAL3l14_E0FS26h7DTSBUKVksFTlbH1UvnYf4/s320/Allotment+June+2011+008.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617250594289105778" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Down this side there are Moneymaker, Roma & GardenersDelight</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76F4oeMIORcrpnxpETyCjfzEId5VipwHVw1HecbQSqaNZ8HMpP-Li6eo0nyivno1CdJ0rrfW9_i6ucHupDKgcl_ESIB6iEBagEq6oLqLpUbpdxipVGB_FbNPQ1J9Zl3Q3a4dm/s1600/Allotment+June+2011+009.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76F4oeMIORcrpnxpETyCjfzEId5VipwHVw1HecbQSqaNZ8HMpP-Li6eo0nyivno1CdJ0rrfW9_i6ucHupDKgcl_ESIB6iEBagEq6oLqLpUbpdxipVGB_FbNPQ1J9Zl3Q3a4dm/s320/Allotment+June+2011+009.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617250587632938354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">and at the end Cucumber (Telegraph)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWCHgHhhB2NaOwhxC8xnjE6MXHtFUsSQoAkWgKvOBOYCCR2Ss1B9gxRUw7PAcI8pYFDGacqWN5jjwJJRz-giMzgZLbyfkwahRgvDwX42oeg5W9wW7fc-auDJLXq_Fi881aeRf/s1600/Allotment+June+2011+011.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWCHgHhhB2NaOwhxC8xnjE6MXHtFUsSQoAkWgKvOBOYCCR2Ss1B9gxRUw7PAcI8pYFDGacqWN5jjwJJRz-giMzgZLbyfkwahRgvDwX42oeg5W9wW7fc-auDJLXq_Fi881aeRf/s320/Allotment+June+2011+011.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617250576751327634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mmmm....now what to do with all those tomatoes!</div>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-20200960918267733902011-06-11T22:40:00.002+00:002011-06-11T22:54:11.852+00:00Chips but no fish<div style="text-align: center;">By some fluke I went to the plot & came in a different gate to the one I normally do and spotted a huge pile of woodchips - Quick phone call to son bribing him to come & help me barrow woodchips to my plot from the far end of the site and this is the result - all the paths now have woodchips on them and the plot looks much better.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hs0364YDGev26k-llZBagMxylpQfjay0jcSF31jhsPfXwhTjDWEzl1FP6Zxid-tcyD8db22ZotPBKWsOh2ggDWyEjSAQNMngI5Qn2jwsrUJ_e_GZIM0WZ_8j7G6UcAjRe0tj/s1600/Allotment+May+052.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hs0364YDGev26k-llZBagMxylpQfjay0jcSF31jhsPfXwhTjDWEzl1FP6Zxid-tcyD8db22ZotPBKWsOh2ggDWyEjSAQNMngI5Qn2jwsrUJ_e_GZIM0WZ_8j7G6UcAjRe0tj/s320/Allotment+May+052.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617097218806887746" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRNMyU4bDlKy6MVt3FCo9uDbpHVDVVoZH3Sg_GAiGBcVOhpqA_AbXjYnhQS_i1t_D8zY_dAbq4VCixfDdTtTSZ32AATkq1i84YeHozYeQ5tmbN78RB0lXGgvBOEFhwkqWjlTvI/s1600/Allotment+May+051.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRNMyU4bDlKy6MVt3FCo9uDbpHVDVVoZH3Sg_GAiGBcVOhpqA_AbXjYnhQS_i1t_D8zY_dAbq4VCixfDdTtTSZ32AATkq1i84YeHozYeQ5tmbN78RB0lXGgvBOEFhwkqWjlTvI/s320/Allotment+May+051.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617097213483393698" /></a>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-19285158583328420992011-06-11T22:01:00.004+00:002011-06-11T22:40:47.391+00:00Look what I've been up to...<div style="text-align: center;">First; dig a load of holes....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfT_rNm0HCFkUZNn9cvcdLAJXi3lNckjPLBf2HjfwZXQsZvygOGX_rmttjk2zUFMSq07wvnsddTz-SUjGINhVZ-9TnCwvV0PUpZZd2LKSUnvoWM06dFFdVvm5KfuUrTyalJO20/s1600/Allotment+May+048.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfT_rNm0HCFkUZNn9cvcdLAJXi3lNckjPLBf2HjfwZXQsZvygOGX_rmttjk2zUFMSq07wvnsddTz-SUjGINhVZ-9TnCwvV0PUpZZd2LKSUnvoWM06dFFdVvm5KfuUrTyalJO20/s320/Allotment+May+048.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617093228731298914" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Then make a door & door frame out of treated timber......</div><div style="text-align: center;">With the help of a chicken that thinks it can read the instructions!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJhc_30KJvSYcrXNzYfSHCDxrAkfRBZdru_JTsLCsgPfxmq5Fh4AIaH4XDmh4-h1Yqrdr2rH2QadcYrn8fLykvSmV2Jce4XXVzzGR_8LEix1MVYLJF4wSRs2qiEAHXk9ptgI6I/s1600/Allotment+May+058.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJhc_30KJvSYcrXNzYfSHCDxrAkfRBZdru_JTsLCsgPfxmq5Fh4AIaH4XDmh4-h1Yqrdr2rH2QadcYrn8fLykvSmV2Jce4XXVzzGR_8LEix1MVYLJF4wSRs2qiEAHXk9ptgI6I/s320/Allotment+May+058.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617092024644752146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Next hammer posts into the holes, then put anchor plates over the posts and back fill the holes, with the help of a lovely assistant....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFz7Pk9eNgfmbwVSqGv6jg70ivDx9UN0AcAun87P8cUS1WYxbBpuOB-btEhQGl4dO6VjBAbFAmY237hZckktZmaNzqKEzCmtES9j03yAmi_ZQKECKnOQ5U1R4-wTNMhsh-VQwe/s1600/Allotment+May+060.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFz7Pk9eNgfmbwVSqGv6jg70ivDx9UN0AcAun87P8cUS1WYxbBpuOB-btEhQGl4dO6VjBAbFAmY237hZckktZmaNzqKEzCmtES9j03yAmi_ZQKECKnOQ5U1R4-wTNMhsh-VQwe/s320/Allotment+May+060.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617092017477564738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Then slot hoops over the posts & fix the ridge pole in place & attach bracing poles to each corner.....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZ0z8J3BBWy7FKEMTLmXAHNiV_Er2xpKBVR_BM33hl8ENlVuNZ_C9-F9W0BfoSjlBcq5FvUocfr2-VlVAlI1pUJtTqXJo3s0QAKHdDJPNOmwQkyg-Ou_hBrfI7c13eTA_0CnT/s1600/Allotment+May+062.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZ0z8J3BBWy7FKEMTLmXAHNiV_Er2xpKBVR_BM33hl8ENlVuNZ_C9-F9W0BfoSjlBcq5FvUocfr2-VlVAlI1pUJtTqXJo3s0QAKHdDJPNOmwQkyg-Ou_hBrfI7c13eTA_0CnT/s320/Allotment+May+062.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617092006319149698" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Next fix door frames to hoops at either end and base rails to bottoms of hoops....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQvyFinknFM-Mj_ppLKLhLZYD1Z3bWwWwPJ36iTUCX2u7gsnjiYp5aaLUdTmJ6M7p6AnANNWz8o_V4q02D_bsaVLPoSdwcQJJx60Nsopuc1tYrUPVbmtek_fARc3p3XMpHOdXT/s1600/Allotment+May+064.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQvyFinknFM-Mj_ppLKLhLZYD1Z3bWwWwPJ36iTUCX2u7gsnjiYp5aaLUdTmJ6M7p6AnANNWz8o_V4q02D_bsaVLPoSdwcQJJx60Nsopuc1tYrUPVbmtek_fARc3p3XMpHOdXT/s320/Allotment+May+064.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617090221372617234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Put paving slabs up the middle to form a path.....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh34hFZHIiRFyeCQHaiGd1eLpvQK6AVF66vbcZOCkrX44fP-vFSKNDxaitMVFk-2ZWhCt66Q23y4BH8pM2AAeL1ytryagjUrP-1h03aYvfjIyXu0QK6xrxg_AcIT889OQqh1hy/s1600/Allotment+May+065.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh34hFZHIiRFyeCQHaiGd1eLpvQK6AVF66vbcZOCkrX44fP-vFSKNDxaitMVFk-2ZWhCt66Q23y4BH8pM2AAeL1ytryagjUrP-1h03aYvfjIyXu0QK6xrxg_AcIT889OQqh1hy/s320/Allotment+May+065.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617088666780460482" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And then cover the whole structure in plastic (try to do this without swearing!)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tUBGrBmjXXr3yc6lvPZ0__VXZTQzj_7Y5RzQKLHF7W6sQnvVw8l_T4enbq9CPwdKkZIf-gMvmbCmS0ugXTkfvQyTn-AYOsdpPt1Dh-bxF0e1aCnHdxkV-kNs_m_vlJeuW_am/s1600/Allotment+May+067.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tUBGrBmjXXr3yc6lvPZ0__VXZTQzj_7Y5RzQKLHF7W6sQnvVw8l_T4enbq9CPwdKkZIf-gMvmbCmS0ugXTkfvQyTn-AYOsdpPt1Dh-bxF0e1aCnHdxkV-kNs_m_vlJeuW_am/s320/Allotment+May+067.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617088644180299234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And there you have it...... a polytunnel!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjtFy-SuDBptDzjbpgDtQoREgas9Oin-dk5mKQT4dSWocdWociGAh6ulcGxqBcLexpa8RwaQ8sHXYLtO-QOv6D1ZSY7CXHuYBjB4nW0tAZcURXOHsSe8ykYBBzsxRYqaVS_hyphenhyphen0/s1600/Allotment+May+068.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjtFy-SuDBptDzjbpgDtQoREgas9Oin-dk5mKQT4dSWocdWociGAh6ulcGxqBcLexpa8RwaQ8sHXYLtO-QOv6D1ZSY7CXHuYBjB4nW0tAZcURXOHsSe8ykYBBzsxRYqaVS_hyphenhyphen0/s320/Allotment+May+068.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617088636539132130" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Just add plants......</div>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-80703332914426863132011-06-11T21:45:00.003+00:002011-06-11T22:01:44.279+00:00Look what I found!<div style="text-align: center;">Fabulous tasting carrots, baby beetroot & radishes</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArTTAQt2p1x8fK9LnTztMwWztHqp9KIYQwB_uShYjNt3ofXX8XozCdKgNE3V3AVH3uLtQOlCw9SirCs8K3PtbSPdJVNPFsCW5yol2qQUPocPBrr7FO5Wk2ldXyWwWSoctpEBb/s1600/Allotment+May+040.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArTTAQt2p1x8fK9LnTztMwWztHqp9KIYQwB_uShYjNt3ofXX8XozCdKgNE3V3AVH3uLtQOlCw9SirCs8K3PtbSPdJVNPFsCW5yol2qQUPocPBrr7FO5Wk2ldXyWwWSoctpEBb/s320/Allotment+May+040.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617084268779238050" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">and broad beans....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9EilJhyphenhyphenB4jctW2jpHNmbAQT_QB2S4wCrwrZJvfJk3De_4yLwj96Cp1m7zTcSOzyVAt5NWIlnsrNvSDD_kzPjWsR0AhWN8qemKsFGhUkw2N4AdZNZKA3Xcb8A70Q7CGXf9wFr2/s1600/Allotment+May+041.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9EilJhyphenhyphenB4jctW2jpHNmbAQT_QB2S4wCrwrZJvfJk3De_4yLwj96Cp1m7zTcSOzyVAt5NWIlnsrNvSDD_kzPjWsR0AhWN8qemKsFGhUkw2N4AdZNZKA3Xcb8A70Q7CGXf9wFr2/s320/Allotment+May+041.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617083558329936818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The chickens absolutely love the radish tops.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsWpeToemodNIiW3qLMAkjP-leV9anuppGjCJgwiyrVZxZPdeCPkvQ3sP8bE3s8YQDZkU4Oij5aH_V69STaWFl2bZVkfQ00c3cAIh8ZYT1I-IZYLe-MUVti-SdzD7fg_fkfjB/s1600/Allotment+May+044.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsWpeToemodNIiW3qLMAkjP-leV9anuppGjCJgwiyrVZxZPdeCPkvQ3sP8bE3s8YQDZkU4Oij5aH_V69STaWFl2bZVkfQ00c3cAIh8ZYT1I-IZYLe-MUVti-SdzD7fg_fkfjB/s320/Allotment+May+044.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617083546120408386" /></a>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-91105175550697555732011-06-11T21:33:00.003+00:002011-06-11T21:45:49.787+00:00Hen house<div style="text-align: center;">Went to a meeting, and got back to find that my daughter had gone out leaving the back door open, my son was in his room oblivious to what was happening below......the chickens decided to investigate how the other half live!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-QEs-Jg6Q6_Lk7b8jLk4FSdNO0rrKpaYL4wF10RLQ4uy_BtX64ZACuL6bNFeDFW4mDWDG1tKtyvVT_rR3DD4WoVdpe2ZhByaGoyCMtE4K37h9R_u9pPaOOvI68vir3sEL-ql/s1600/Allotment+May+037.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-QEs-Jg6Q6_Lk7b8jLk4FSdNO0rrKpaYL4wF10RLQ4uy_BtX64ZACuL6bNFeDFW4mDWDG1tKtyvVT_rR3DD4WoVdpe2ZhByaGoyCMtE4K37h9R_u9pPaOOvI68vir3sEL-ql/s320/Allotment+May+037.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617079568798377202" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_Fbubp67-Eb69cLg5i7QjbUUF6is-FDZr2_C88NuGozGsZhZtWZpcL17QQXu1gFgxDMvnLnml8SunyNvEHBAEMJEVD-VJX5hGeshUckU_VEWATORZMpkA1mCp0HsS65hnAE5/s1600/Allotment+May+038.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_Fbubp67-Eb69cLg5i7QjbUUF6is-FDZr2_C88NuGozGsZhZtWZpcL17QQXu1gFgxDMvnLnml8SunyNvEHBAEMJEVD-VJX5hGeshUckU_VEWATORZMpkA1mCp0HsS65hnAE5/s320/Allotment+May+038.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617079560189989922" /></a>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-76456257707258264302011-06-11T20:40:00.004+00:002011-06-11T21:33:17.429+00:00May update part 3<div style="text-align: center;">Buddy posing for the camera!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7-TSLZB-onmCp-CrBFC9GSj4D2m5mwXmWiwJrxqK1jj_whzvChsZq9PFZaHe-ia5_wxa2f8wCHdsc55d7BsLZY80OY19p_JNi5aSEnUp4jXHDx8pSEgH4pdTL5tyk6oUMIHP/s1600/Allotment+May+028.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7-TSLZB-onmCp-CrBFC9GSj4D2m5mwXmWiwJrxqK1jj_whzvChsZq9PFZaHe-ia5_wxa2f8wCHdsc55d7BsLZY80OY19p_JNi5aSEnUp4jXHDx8pSEgH4pdTL5tyk6oUMIHP/s320/Allotment+May+028.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617075292725176546" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Got the courgettes planted onto half of the sweetcorn bed - There are 8 plants 1n here....just as well we like courgettes alot!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbkpekkJi4_eSAERmjb-eUKHgJDWxz1TK9PvWhmyjZ9DJITMz58CJgNXKBea72bOtwADKHxA234EL28R3EfR_QRqOi9X4Ow7joHcr7vlvBg9srXa7hyZpvfEC1R_qoSlo9tsd_/s1600/Allotment+May+034.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbkpekkJi4_eSAERmjb-eUKHgJDWxz1TK9PvWhmyjZ9DJITMz58CJgNXKBea72bOtwADKHxA234EL28R3EfR_QRqOi9X4Ow7joHcr7vlvBg9srXa7hyZpvfEC1R_qoSlo9tsd_/s320/Allotment+May+034.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617075281973663490" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The sweet peas have started producing flowers, and these 2 coloured varieties smell lovely</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4bn2SOXM3luz8j_pIVDMYKCal5qe1ad9_sqHpujKLMCcv4hZ9_Wn2ufXbfvJr96ZddP0g-_C299YxdHo9Bfd8JARXGtIczhQvE6CdH2H-2QiIHMJmHNw1LckUsKSCSlBEYN5/s1600/Allotment+May+027.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4bn2SOXM3luz8j_pIVDMYKCal5qe1ad9_sqHpujKLMCcv4hZ9_Wn2ufXbfvJr96ZddP0g-_C299YxdHo9Bfd8JARXGtIczhQvE6CdH2H-2QiIHMJmHNw1LckUsKSCSlBEYN5/s320/Allotment+May+027.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617073243202932898" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I sowed some peas in root trainers then planted them out. they have grown away really well, however the ones I sowed straight into the bed germinated well but then the pigeons spotted them and have nibbled every single one - I covered them in fleece and it looks like they will be ok. The pigeons have not bothered with the ones I started off int he greenhouse.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazllgfwm8QHE9B40cM7MSvamke3gITGdTFcV3hrI-9QPAngVUfB0CKX55_UE2KeQEGxHDnYk4vwOMIIYbhruIVCx_DM6_giGdCJa-kIsq6WiwvxfcNJ1TBMji4e-gSgHINyKy/s1600/Allotment+May+029.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazllgfwm8QHE9B40cM7MSvamke3gITGdTFcV3hrI-9QPAngVUfB0CKX55_UE2KeQEGxHDnYk4vwOMIIYbhruIVCx_DM6_giGdCJa-kIsq6WiwvxfcNJ1TBMji4e-gSgHINyKy/s320/Allotment+May+029.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617073233447575586" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Planted out the climbing french beans & sowed runner beans direct on the other side of the frame.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7o-Sf4_mOhVnUMUyB9KnQAptdZXg0x-TEHQqF1z1Zx9SVrCJZmKqeOJ45aLgEGlN5yUGzw2pspJCyuynucutsZ__Q2__itfbbTFcSOEB1EOss0StZkBKq9I1Blvgf09zcgQ3p/s1600/Allotment+May+030.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7o-Sf4_mOhVnUMUyB9KnQAptdZXg0x-TEHQqF1z1Zx9SVrCJZmKqeOJ45aLgEGlN5yUGzw2pspJCyuynucutsZ__Q2__itfbbTFcSOEB1EOss0StZkBKq9I1Blvgf09zcgQ3p/s320/Allotment+May+030.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617073216042295650" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This is a view down the plot.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTV69AAhkTTt0FrSlYqLxW5SxhiRdp4VrpZCJGajVVb9LynUyqXARzMIu65KuBTPlsrrVaCqguIcN1Z2FlEdGikt0g_AOSJ536iT2mhcKzXLhBDxm1ZYYJ8irw8sw5dODlbRp/s1600/Allotment+May+031.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTV69AAhkTTt0FrSlYqLxW5SxhiRdp4VrpZCJGajVVb9LynUyqXARzMIu65KuBTPlsrrVaCqguIcN1Z2FlEdGikt0g_AOSJ536iT2mhcKzXLhBDxm1ZYYJ8irw8sw5dODlbRp/s320/Allotment+May+031.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617071407604812306" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Harvest time, broad beans, mixed salad leaves & carrots.....yum yum!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPcgLsKiOAKGGoSJUCkxPGgi9S6FTzTJfCqpKS8HMWNyQXesMctr3b7gJ59dPgWvT575AbOgSaXmRrWxeI0Rrjn2dZmWXgkxsR7W3_LcvFJgkhVEe3smwjhRW585hvMvrWM1V/s1600/Allotment+May+032.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPcgLsKiOAKGGoSJUCkxPGgi9S6FTzTJfCqpKS8HMWNyQXesMctr3b7gJ59dPgWvT575AbOgSaXmRrWxeI0Rrjn2dZmWXgkxsR7W3_LcvFJgkhVEe3smwjhRW585hvMvrWM1V/s320/Allotment+May+032.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617071398248585586" /></a>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-17878206539986350842011-06-11T19:59:00.003+00:002011-06-11T20:40:41.189+00:00May round up part 2<div style="text-align: center;">I have been planting flowers as well as vegetables on the plot and this rose is one that Stasha gave me as a thank you for all the greenhouse glass I gave her. It is a lovely red one which should look great against the blue shed.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxQ9Lt7DBi4OTcyx3K3kptbtCDxDU1OZsIYpft3-6vXAzMvaSdN4HpUPx6PK_GwCHNxztnUN5qkfxG3erXv06eetX7cff2qV9H26tOWVQ1xOahIvWVYWDIer2Nargf3aQhepl/s1600/Allotment+May+020.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxQ9Lt7DBi4OTcyx3K3kptbtCDxDU1OZsIYpft3-6vXAzMvaSdN4HpUPx6PK_GwCHNxztnUN5qkfxG3erXv06eetX7cff2qV9H26tOWVQ1xOahIvWVYWDIer2Nargf3aQhepl/s320/Allotment+May+020.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617062078015839218" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Sweetcorn planted out</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbSh-9p1PPfORZsrbgwLoQW9DTUZpf_pzIzYpxcRQ9I9IKcCo1gBx-OjGgUcmuSEVmiBZPXevU-G03fLnplapzPPqYHirw023iD2cDfAYBWjpf-hM4EKL4kFlT9BkzRO_Ajkwh/s1600/Allotment+May+024.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbSh-9p1PPfORZsrbgwLoQW9DTUZpf_pzIzYpxcRQ9I9IKcCo1gBx-OjGgUcmuSEVmiBZPXevU-G03fLnplapzPPqYHirw023iD2cDfAYBWjpf-hM4EKL4kFlT9BkzRO_Ajkwh/s320/Allotment+May+024.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617062069935969426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The garlic is doing really well.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKKQeEC3N0pds-vcKfQBKlOy0jn4Xl_1lusYl-73TWZczipZcmEcSRGyPFAH0GXQwb5Rty1T1aYky-GwdNLayeGhlmB2zAexkrucQEHwtjvYpXKv1yhu0WcF4LgOerBgguKWS/s1600/Allotment+May+021.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKKQeEC3N0pds-vcKfQBKlOy0jn4Xl_1lusYl-73TWZczipZcmEcSRGyPFAH0GXQwb5Rty1T1aYky-GwdNLayeGhlmB2zAexkrucQEHwtjvYpXKv1yhu0WcF4LgOerBgguKWS/s320/Allotment+May+021.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617062046757682306" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This is my roots bed - I have carrots (early nantes), beetroot (boltardy), radish ( french breakfast) and parsnip (white gem), all of which I have grown in succession, every few weeks.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmoYuQDBBkJhDWa0ylgqp3UNzEL2XQuKEef7biVxB7A66vbhk3yjL3_OVWngVZ_cIBD4fkRVvwgWgTSkBDZg3yWQ5FSmHh6DkbDAOyY4ElIV5L4-tLCWxzb4HXOQ0YSrrqA4q/s1600/Allotment+May+022.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmoYuQDBBkJhDWa0ylgqp3UNzEL2XQuKEef7biVxB7A66vbhk3yjL3_OVWngVZ_cIBD4fkRVvwgWgTSkBDZg3yWQ5FSmHh6DkbDAOyY4ElIV5L4-tLCWxzb4HXOQ0YSrrqA4q/s320/Allotment+May+022.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617055804778157074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Onions & leeks - all of which are really starting to come on, particularly the shallots and onions I grew from sets. The leeks are growing well also - I thought these would not do anything as thew were extremely skinny when I planted them out.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgO1zpqAEGQA5AHj-Vt-l6aqNajyVOtbtPOoeDOLeH_hjDXdsq6Az-cf880miI_l4EK1cPHFB8ZKOdl1OC-NYgzEUN4g03OKjB84lH3ex-zkIM3Wt8p4GegupjqLkbZVtQNnMH/s1600/Allotment+May+023.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgO1zpqAEGQA5AHj-Vt-l6aqNajyVOtbtPOoeDOLeH_hjDXdsq6Az-cf880miI_l4EK1cPHFB8ZKOdl1OC-NYgzEUN4g03OKjB84lH3ex-zkIM3Wt8p4GegupjqLkbZVtQNnMH/s320/Allotment+May+023.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617055796885592258" /></a>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-50993094202233495192011-06-11T19:06:00.009+00:002011-06-11T19:59:51.296+00:00May update part 1<div>I have been trying to upload photos of my progress on the plot repeatedly and all it keeps doing is saying 'bad request'. What is going on with Blogger? - Is anyone else having any trouble? I managed to upload these photos one by one which also took ages!</div><div><br /></div><div>Over the past few weeks I have been very busy on the plot, getting everything planted all the final bits of digging done, general titivating of the plot and.....harvesting!</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92sz92vHxPnro_9sBuVm_Da96pNFg27FJu03CGYJkuaNFprzSsKf9XBCxi6iuQwZtn2ea79ds9Z587P8BNKq9qvJ7fnt1piRwsIMxoGufevA-ZND925b6gCb1ZQhMnVN4qMMM/s320/Allotment+May+012.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617049532564818834" /><div style="text-align: center;">Got most of bed 4 dug over & planted out the kale and sprouting Broccoli. When it came to cover the plants to protect them from the pigeons I had a brain wave - I used an old IKEA bed canopy - fits perfectly and the holes are small enough to prevent all but the tiniest insects from getting through.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgANoGHeg-x2a58yK68Dyhp0bln8LVWC3Z4OBBbwNzQqcbMIDadm27NxCwynIZNi2XR_K5wAtuiu4TuEGs6iVr8EU6Ec5LmsO89qOr0ak7pj0au7iyZd_tyexn4b6ARQOfgiSq5/s1600/Allotment+May+013.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgANoGHeg-x2a58yK68Dyhp0bln8LVWC3Z4OBBbwNzQqcbMIDadm27NxCwynIZNi2XR_K5wAtuiu4TuEGs6iVr8EU6Ec5LmsO89qOr0ak7pj0au7iyZd_tyexn4b6ARQOfgiSq5/s320/Allotment+May+013.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617048966999809698" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My fruit trees have established well, but none of them have much fruit on so I don't think there will be any harvests this year. Hopefully next year they will produce fruit. It's not surprising really as I only planted them out this spring.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDbSsmvPBt2wo-EhuskVExFr1-zYYelPa0UgvXAHDjsMCDKWCa6g2eHCCWvqgOkyn-u5NRDGvOxYu0xpNVxKTE-k5hWf-PkDSyy8ULWPhfkdVgf6HTc5U40xwKJf4R_SbOs2F2/s1600/Allotment+May+016.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDbSsmvPBt2wo-EhuskVExFr1-zYYelPa0UgvXAHDjsMCDKWCa6g2eHCCWvqgOkyn-u5NRDGvOxYu0xpNVxKTE-k5hWf-PkDSyy8ULWPhfkdVgf6HTc5U40xwKJf4R_SbOs2F2/s320/Allotment+May+016.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617048944797776754" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The carrots (paris market) that I grew in the greenhouse produced lovely little roots and gave us about 4 meals worth. They were delicious!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxgffZ6d952Nx49nYe26Mw_1vT8ZZ5eREtkOlDbx4oiUMJv5SRSfOZwge49DeR36JApCDqsWg1Tri3xCkkcyWkzwHmZkt7cutcbDIXjMAdznX4-sqctpfTzt10JwqMKGaZdxfc/s1600/Allotment+May+018.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxgffZ6d952Nx49nYe26Mw_1vT8ZZ5eREtkOlDbx4oiUMJv5SRSfOZwge49DeR36JApCDqsWg1Tri3xCkkcyWkzwHmZkt7cutcbDIXjMAdznX4-sqctpfTzt10JwqMKGaZdxfc/s320/Allotment+May+018.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617047954343386290" /></a></div>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-44254611424879964912011-04-24T10:12:00.000+00:002011-05-01T10:26:54.362+00:00More digging!<div style="text-align: center;">Yet another baking hot day - got to the plot this afternoon after it was not quite so hot, and started digging bed 4 so that I can put out my brassicas - all of which are growing like mad, particularly the kale. Even so I was very quickly drooping as it was so hot! - stuck with it and eventually it got cooler and I managed to dig about 1/4 of the bed.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the greenhouse the sweetcorn I sowed has started to come through.</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZR1Anj_PN1N_TWlLaIUNU1B_z0QC7CKBS_F4Dr7RoQurZr3IOqsg2gYjySwFQLwa3uY-aIxc5NiTlMgQvJGd9DAee3EhxcI6cAfh9scQqoR-DfPXjyrD1UhLr7CRQxe1sjoU/s320/Allotment+April+24th+062.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601690964341529778" /><div style="text-align: center;">I use loo roll inners alot for sowing into because you can just plant them as they are into the ground, but they are great for those seeds that need a good depth of pot like peas, beans etc. The only thing it I have run out now and I need a load for my climbing and runner beans!</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRFdgK4pTdggKeNT4FAUmOVPodBejTus2-_dlguFXSZnPQRhokbHZ-q6W54wmANU2K0fnU9_5s_T8Uy5kx6YknbAVtDDDF5k2x7aZapmkWrxmwUa7FEJqnz_WImNskIv41hoky/s320/Allotment+April+24th+063.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601690960237239602" /></div>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-19517839408676960112011-04-21T09:50:00.003+00:002011-05-01T18:08:14.911+00:00Done digging bed 3!<div style="text-align: center;">Another scorching day - but when are we going to get any rain - am having to water everything which is a pain, this early in the season. I finished digging bed 3 at last - Hoorah! and then got on with planting out all the rest of the onions & leeks. The whole bed is nearly full and I have sown some more leek seeds as we like leeks alot so I don't know where I am going to put them - I think I need another plot!</div><a href="javascript:void(0)">Publish Post</a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMqW94SBs_r4p4vZyCxpt4-Y7Hiqj9noPQTBr1-dA4i72FVeXn9mWDwKJI5NEb8VFVDpi3AdVFO7sN0igKC_M6sSMVg51KOh2t3-oqo_5YLAqmFPgsa9ZbNbEMKvQogG8tL7J/s320/Allotment+April+24th+058.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601684860825056994" /><div style="text-align: center;">Planted the leeks into holes I had made with my dibber and then watered them in - some of the leeks were spindly so I will see whether they grow into anything worth eating.</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQgmXbo1ylqwxwDDYwK0Wd1VOtYqPM0tGpGGp4IJe4j39FOULjKBovyIcj097eemsVvdYlg92zASsj4px5fOsiZuVrHia49KW_iBRiHhyphenhyphen6ING_S1jwJ4vNcQJVuGtKKaqHiWo1/s320/Allotment+April+24th+059.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601684857717197154" /><div style="text-align: center;">The potatoes I planted are starting to come through & will need earthing up soon.</div></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxn2i6f5EvwKZBGLMEO8bvakAJE_yFIC0jGaN27L74DCXzOvioBnNNVX_wK2bUsShmmt8EV5wbrEPyMjrST9W7uc7p-1hXbzL0pe1Py6Z7a2o01Nv0beKhrs50T3kzqXmuj8ec/s320/Allotment+April+24th+060.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601684850127377666" /><div style="text-align: center;">Just before I went home I harvested some salad leaves & radishes, which I ate for my tea with eggs from our hens.</div></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_SarCz3j3udR_jA0ouc91gcBmBeZLp9OFxkPynR8ZqILJ5mhnOv0IyFZCTt4RC1S4w14_WEiuGtGAsrZeFYdlUx7F4Cv5rYygbxddMXEXgvAk0qQavbuEVzLpM1pKIEgdAd9/s320/Allotment+April+24th+061.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601684848744143378" /></div>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-67853787038879404862011-04-19T09:36:00.000+00:002011-05-01T09:50:35.648+00:00Sweet Peas & watering<div style="text-align: center;">Another beautifully warm day today - Went to the plot with the aim of finishing off bed 3 but it was so hot I couldn't face it so built the other two arches for the sweet peas to climb up, then put them in their final positions & planted some sweet peas at the bases. Husband & son arrived just at the right time armed with lovely cold beers & also got on with some watering - my son slightly more grumpily than my husband!</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7Fh8Efi0nrHl2s4fCv_xeh9tEsxj0J0z-86OerN1jIFyFIyvOcXP1ByHxzRFHs-5oEZCbyYbdcJAp5QZQWF3NJRJoZGtGEZqOL2E9hyphenhyphen6vvBI25QsVA3m6IGmhesvHqV7nSFC/s320/Allotment+April+2011+19th+051.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601681714283409122" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuDlS_jIIRFNU4ILj-qFjA7t-ykUaOHx6OdrpYhEEzYIvx0m4v_aDImmwm-6obVRi_JKIQ4D9iuembyMVAnLotQhtqXgQfdp8uOBZIwLNRnThbKIgr1Qcr9CxRxxjLFhlsXPwz/s320/Allotment+April+2011+19th+050.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601681712318522674" />Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-574340034617619362011-04-16T19:26:00.002+00:002011-04-16T20:01:49.621+00:00Seed sowing fest<div style="text-align: center;">Got up ridiculously early today thanks to OH who took someone to the airport at 05.45 and was not at all quiet when he was getting ready. Cleaned kitchen, cleaned fridge out & hung washing out, then hot footed it to recycling centre to pick up another load of council compost. Got halfway through unloading it & the rain came - retreated into the greenhouse & potted on the rest of the tomatoes. Also sowed some more lettuce (Webb's Wonder), leeks (Pandora & Musselburgh), sweetcorn (Sundance), poached egg plant, butternut squash & courgettes (Zuchini, All Green Bush & Romanesco). By the time I had done all this, the greenhouse looked like a seedling factory & the rain had stopped.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWNoUPUYOsbqH0-jor8MVtoFVTEq7uJ4X1BIt-DJpLKWcSJXP_nY7EQo89Z6FQm9PMEwSAliyzsgKc6Uob4SbQRt7sj3TN0yvKxI_h5hMoaOATDIaAVmEgULm0RoVLrLg9qU60/s1600/Allotment+April+2011+042.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWNoUPUYOsbqH0-jor8MVtoFVTEq7uJ4X1BIt-DJpLKWcSJXP_nY7EQo89Z6FQm9PMEwSAliyzsgKc6Uob4SbQRt7sj3TN0yvKxI_h5hMoaOATDIaAVmEgULm0RoVLrLg9qU60/s320/Allotment+April+2011+042.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596267425926801298" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">So ventured outside and watered the raspberries - these are the ones I dug up from under the shed & they are nearly all sprouting. I am not exactly sure that they are actually raspberries & might be blackberries - time will tell.....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpH7EWLkZFKG8hp5VItt0P-3NZNd5tjVe6_ZGh-wAH2y_TNMGZt8e4xogRCuE2ibqbivmru3LYN9dtjazWjivrCZpgVx1zRlrpKdMX5dh38j16Ns_-H72kobli76F-VcnW6eeh/s1600/Allotment+April+2011+047.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpH7EWLkZFKG8hp5VItt0P-3NZNd5tjVe6_ZGh-wAH2y_TNMGZt8e4xogRCuE2ibqbivmru3LYN9dtjazWjivrCZpgVx1zRlrpKdMX5dh38j16Ns_-H72kobli76F-VcnW6eeh/s320/Allotment+April+2011+047.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596267413712686466" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The strawberries have started to flower & I am looking forward to eating some with cream..... Mmmmmm</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHlJZvuOaqD-mvVHjaNruyy0KUjpR4vFZVxUC-TT6QCX6_BXvvsIUCVId6ibVbHupuCb_9vFvN74jG1wr309AhhnBMvQcbMD_lDU8JychCE-jOvIOdc75j07ez1i3AW1tzxTyX/s1600/Allotment+April+2011+045.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHlJZvuOaqD-mvVHjaNruyy0KUjpR4vFZVxUC-TT6QCX6_BXvvsIUCVId6ibVbHupuCb_9vFvN74jG1wr309AhhnBMvQcbMD_lDU8JychCE-jOvIOdc75j07ez1i3AW1tzxTyX/s320/Allotment+April+2011+045.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596267406421838882" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The Apple tree I recently planted has just started to flower & what a lovely colour!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFAX_HoFLL4hLytJQSbLKJ5TGlySokz1WfBcDzp7mMeDo0arLRULNnaOKEBO_0SUV44pDKEMa-9a0RakPOb1pWVgExn3vVT5YmLW6UUNp1KWo5M-czU1f6R4s8AT19L-5TKk8_/s1600/Allotment+April+2011+048.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFAX_HoFLL4hLytJQSbLKJ5TGlySokz1WfBcDzp7mMeDo0arLRULNnaOKEBO_0SUV44pDKEMa-9a0RakPOb1pWVgExn3vVT5YmLW6UUNp1KWo5M-czU1f6R4s8AT19L-5TKk8_/s320/Allotment+April+2011+048.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596267403072005058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The last thing I did today was build the bean frame. I have put enough canes in for 10 runner beans & 10 climbing french beans. We all love beans so if I think I need more I can always put a wigwam up for them.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAEK78kPehZjHD5sLCdqR_bBl-kLqDslwMOy8G8yaMSZi_Agie9WztJ_o99dYCgomRBT5bySag2q7gVz_9L2zPhgw8yqMzS-DeftegtlEiLNd6jx269DDPJUdgKZudcbj-FqR/s1600/Allotment+April+2011+046.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAEK78kPehZjHD5sLCdqR_bBl-kLqDslwMOy8G8yaMSZi_Agie9WztJ_o99dYCgomRBT5bySag2q7gVz_9L2zPhgw8yqMzS-DeftegtlEiLNd6jx269DDPJUdgKZudcbj-FqR/s320/Allotment+April+2011+046.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596267395657902450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Of course Buddy had to make sure he was in the photo!</div>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-72085586683085165382011-04-13T21:58:00.003+00:002011-04-15T22:48:33.144+00:00Pecking order<div style="text-align: center;">The hens are settling in & have been laying eggs - not in the nest boxes of course!</div><div style="text-align: center;">These eggs will be te ones that were in progress from being at the battery farm, I have read that ex-battery hens often go off laying when they have been re-homed until they get used to their new surroundings.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCL9CioSfmb6jF6gdQOh2uuUDISxJ5bRr-ho_LXqnzS_sP5gFVMRABMkQ7zqx1fncU-4VY9_EZOw7R001IRbHAacV0y9Kl_RmavRtNd6Zva_buikyXkRsbBk84N0z7nbPsY1F9/s1600/Allotment+April+2011+020.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCL9CioSfmb6jF6gdQOh2uuUDISxJ5bRr-ho_LXqnzS_sP5gFVMRABMkQ7zqx1fncU-4VY9_EZOw7R001IRbHAacV0y9Kl_RmavRtNd6Zva_buikyXkRsbBk84N0z7nbPsY1F9/s320/Allotment+April+2011+020.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595935764327179490" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The only one that has got a name so far is this one - she's called bossy & spends most of her time charging around chasing the others bossing them about.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABX8zuXMB_ilP3E6Q2lOb8OVSvl4C-mMCKQc5BKfTQ3zAi6_LZAzBYpEDq7pga2QUKoc4sbI2IsioWq9_hhpvZk1AIy-cuD2vTKx868kaP5gCaT1HtA0M8eIv8BWyn1C8ZPyN/s1600/Allotment+April+2011+028.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABX8zuXMB_ilP3E6Q2lOb8OVSvl4C-mMCKQc5BKfTQ3zAi6_LZAzBYpEDq7pga2QUKoc4sbI2IsioWq9_hhpvZk1AIy-cuD2vTKx868kaP5gCaT1HtA0M8eIv8BWyn1C8ZPyN/s320/Allotment+April+2011+028.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595935757535284146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">There has been the odd squabble but on the whole they have settled down quite quickly. I have made sure the hens lower down the pecking order can get out of the way and as there are 2 food & drink stations, they can also get enough to eat & drink - even bossy can't be in 2 places at once! </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNulkI7UPJGCHnsp-_DHpNLLyOTPkzfqIxFbhpmQQT2scXyu0e_TsmwbMd7GZxMiB-JbVbC2mfBGU34rF7ra9j90JyDvjcZkz3zmro1tiXN99P6Xk8D3ObTCv6hLeQtg5A6s3e/s1600/Allotment+April+2011+030.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNulkI7UPJGCHnsp-_DHpNLLyOTPkzfqIxFbhpmQQT2scXyu0e_TsmwbMd7GZxMiB-JbVbC2mfBGU34rF7ra9j90JyDvjcZkz3zmro1tiXN99P6Xk8D3ObTCv6hLeQtg5A6s3e/s320/Allotment+April+2011+030.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595935748150822802" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This is the house & run. I will move it round the garden every few days or so.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDC5BQBz0LaTrdDXzRzp81dIsyAOk5thzLsyHmfbdCBzhaMNO9IXhFhWOGzeeJY7GK9EP3S2vnYriCkUdI6ZQVcDQMGrfx3pOgt9WskeD1KT2z9oCS2GN6hxyaWJXfor-bK05/s1600/Allotment+April+2011+019.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDC5BQBz0LaTrdDXzRzp81dIsyAOk5thzLsyHmfbdCBzhaMNO9IXhFhWOGzeeJY7GK9EP3S2vnYriCkUdI6ZQVcDQMGrfx3pOgt9WskeD1KT2z9oCS2GN6hxyaWJXfor-bK05/s320/Allotment+April+2011+019.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595935747602327202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I put a good layer of bedding inside the house & when I checked them this evening, after they had put themselves to bed I thought I had lost 2 as I couldn't see them, so fetched the torch & found all 4 squeezed into one nest box -I know they like to be cosy but that was taking it to the extreme! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I prised 2 out of one box & put them into the other, but I don't know if they will stay there.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I will try to teach them to perch as it means that their bottoms stay clean & they will not poo in the nest boxes so much. They have spent all their lives in packed cages so have never done what normal hens do so this might be a challenge!</div>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-59391925550091430132011-04-10T21:29:00.001+00:002011-04-15T21:58:06.231+00:00Welcome to our home!<div style="text-align: center;">Well after a short time thinking about where to get some hens from (my brain does not work well over long periods of time) we decided to rehome some battery hens, so contacted the <a href="http://www.bhwt.org.uk/">British Hen Welfare Trust</a>. The whole process was very quick & I was told that the next delivery date had been filled so would probably need to wait about 6 weeks before collecting some hens, but I could be put on the waiting list if I wanted to - The date was a week away so jumped at the chance & only a couple of days later received an e-mail offering me some hens on the earlier date if I wanted them. As I had everything already prepared I decided to go for it & today collected 4 very bedraggled looking hens.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The process was very slick & only took us about 10 minutes from arrival at the collection point to departure.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwYKsE-9tbJq7XB-gpp2qyJPjppuvfZy5hqTbtztHOLizEpJmCF-wzXf2JzSWIN8lrIf7jARZ1pRmxhToP3uzl-SofJInS6V1kjFdApAeT-z0DrOkGHZDO4YYJ4MKh6U3nQPl/s1600/Allotment+April+2011+012.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwYKsE-9tbJq7XB-gpp2qyJPjppuvfZy5hqTbtztHOLizEpJmCF-wzXf2JzSWIN8lrIf7jARZ1pRmxhToP3uzl-SofJInS6V1kjFdApAeT-z0DrOkGHZDO4YYJ4MKh6U3nQPl/s320/Allotment+April+2011+012.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595926450920506834" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hFp1nxj11kGVBQTICptIntVVTotUAL_0PH-aZ7JbUTm2KgHBOiRFBurx1tL2Q7AAqHGF7f_NbpNWT8IFL_hNOsudF5poHL_iRN77Hmvpp8nJrj7_bUFQbmCHoPOA-QhGznsg/s1600/Allotment+April+2011+013.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hFp1nxj11kGVBQTICptIntVVTotUAL_0PH-aZ7JbUTm2KgHBOiRFBurx1tL2Q7AAqHGF7f_NbpNWT8IFL_hNOsudF5poHL_iRN77Hmvpp8nJrj7_bUFQbmCHoPOA-QhGznsg/s320/Allotment+April+2011+013.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595926447772102450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">What a sorry sight!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1GJY6535wAUIsEED0gvCZ_Dab5OgM5rL0_o7lYnNCEiMeMD1Y8MfeZyNqfUd01BWYkGRIb3-COpuZwzR3bmK2UacpanzKf99sEuLJe_jPcQDBnqbfCA0TOOhaY20r1Ln1bfU/s1600/Allotment+April+2011+014.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1GJY6535wAUIsEED0gvCZ_Dab5OgM5rL0_o7lYnNCEiMeMD1Y8MfeZyNqfUd01BWYkGRIb3-COpuZwzR3bmK2UacpanzKf99sEuLJe_jPcQDBnqbfCA0TOOhaY20r1Ln1bfU/s320/Allotment+April+2011+014.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595926442458182018" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Once home the hens were put into their house to settle in & after a while I let them into their run three of them managed to work out how to get down the ramp & one decided that it would sit in the entrance watching & refusing to budge - even when it was dark & the other three were wanting to go to bed this one resolutely refused to move, creating a line of hens up the ramp!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I decided to leave them to it & returned later to find the other three inside but this one was still sat in the entrance.... I had to shove it inside so that I could shut the pop hole!</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg86JU9lvwX4L8MLotTSmN8WWfCiMvf20ociNgKKqHCzRUgIiHi2uE0FWBCo8W8WCFCqjWVGrP5paoXdq8S_xqO6z577TwfjDCtiHNatgtPpYYxsSSi8ieOu8eGPKFgfIm8FS-/s320/Allotment+April+2011+015.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595926436062985378" /><div style="text-align: center;">I was very surprised that they put themselves to bed, particularly as they have never been outside before now.</div>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-26727564519185967492011-04-03T21:20:00.003+00:002011-04-15T21:29:14.221+00:00New additions<div style="text-align: center;">My daughter got a new hamster today, and whilst collecting it mentioned that it would be great to have some more chickens.....So I have been scouring the internet & trying to decide whether to get point of lay hens or ex battery hens.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Whilst trying to decide I have been giving the hen house a revamp - Had to repair some bits & the whole thing needed a paint job.</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzGRtLUPyYg_tgeI4UDRaI-cjHVfjjZ_dRBZ1v3n7agbc7upO3nNf2SmXHoR-IIYRf7W-TxmZDSH4U6T789n8Q0s5XqCyjO_8CLgRo4phrphq0kxnc9yPWUpkQwEhczTS2rxj/s320/Allotment+April+2011+011.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595924806252486786" /><div style="text-align: center;">And here it is...the house that Emma Built - all ready for it's new inhabitants.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Please note that I didn't just use blue paint this time!</div>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-49609431402986952842011-04-02T20:52:00.002+00:002011-04-15T21:20:48.392+00:00Planting out<div style="text-align: center;">Arrived at the plot after I had taken a trailer load of rubbish to the tip and collected a load of council compost. Spotted Mike who let me borrow his rotorvator to break down the soil in the legume, root & onion beds. I had put a covering of council compost on each & rotorvated this in. Once I had done this I planted out the broad beans I sowed in loo rolls & poundland shallots.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJyFrFm0kjYst7h4DBkP5idbSEugclTBqPnbCn32tdH-samG80vjcIaBee7l1HsukyHfoK-YBQ_Ka4hYNdY1oYWWuszBTXZnp0woTv_ABdpmNdIrBH3o8-1SpKdxOMqjT-QR8d/s1600/Allotment+April+2011+010.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJyFrFm0kjYst7h4DBkP5idbSEugclTBqPnbCn32tdH-samG80vjcIaBee7l1HsukyHfoK-YBQ_Ka4hYNdY1oYWWuszBTXZnp0woTv_ABdpmNdIrBH3o8-1SpKdxOMqjT-QR8d/s320/Allotment+April+2011+010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595917953813421282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Broad beans</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqC8fTeInMfBFBJOsjX8koO8TRTtjfmtZfzmne4o3J_kzxKfXsj0FMtwRg4pZWrD0MYYWvVqVxW6-nC2WkzDBbNXQ7yj7Md1KkxLHdjotsmlDKkthou4WLA1s9pi5bTz9WOWEl/s1600/Allotment+April+2011+009.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqC8fTeInMfBFBJOsjX8koO8TRTtjfmtZfzmne4o3J_kzxKfXsj0FMtwRg4pZWrD0MYYWvVqVxW6-nC2WkzDBbNXQ7yj7Md1KkxLHdjotsmlDKkthou4WLA1s9pi5bTz9WOWEl/s320/Allotment+April+2011+009.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595917947811593794" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Shallots</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfDAEmzMOHSoTdvyEKsMfrrHJhrXPRpWBYOe3JT-vbEIo3zyBMOrXsFa7xIrEwQNkhQmqwP-A0P9pWweU5eDPqZAtI4maizviTDxaQYuVfoyoQYO3C2NtfzYyqtp4CFY3w2UPF/s1600/Allotment+April+2011+003.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfDAEmzMOHSoTdvyEKsMfrrHJhrXPRpWBYOe3JT-vbEIo3zyBMOrXsFa7xIrEwQNkhQmqwP-A0P9pWweU5eDPqZAtI4maizviTDxaQYuVfoyoQYO3C2NtfzYyqtp4CFY3w2UPF/s320/Allotment+April+2011+003.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595917939828355490" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">In the greenhouse the radishes have sprouted.</div><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Align Centre" border="0" class="gl_align_center" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjcW5ECfuqpaOLO3h2_P76v0Imat-j7Dcl6Rjg564E0tG4xS_Dd4IVndXTjYxk7XmSUgZKozhVduWW8lvmkBsQBUmzZpTkIVlMxQfDVdgRj9DVC11KdFJygrRCItK1qvPllxqJ/s1600/Allotment+April+2011+001.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjcW5ECfuqpaOLO3h2_P76v0Imat-j7Dcl6Rjg564E0tG4xS_Dd4IVndXTjYxk7XmSUgZKozhVduWW8lvmkBsQBUmzZpTkIVlMxQfDVdgRj9DVC11KdFJygrRCItK1qvPllxqJ/s320/Allotment+April+2011+001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595917930650529650" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">All the onions (Stutgarter Giant).....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGfu9pUYaNxYRBFvxhCOC1KTBCeEejG-v9_k1xUizViAtU8WkuFWWLY6M1G3ponEZ82JyXMbkxB7Z_K7eFkoHyC-dtGExhrSPdpCkHlf4r9ABuauOfLhjWjD_dacl_ZZhgCI2Y/s1600/Allotment+April+2011+002.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGfu9pUYaNxYRBFvxhCOC1KTBCeEejG-v9_k1xUizViAtU8WkuFWWLY6M1G3ponEZ82JyXMbkxB7Z_K7eFkoHyC-dtGExhrSPdpCkHlf4r9ABuauOfLhjWjD_dacl_ZZhgCI2Y/s320/Allotment+April+2011+002.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595917922646715618" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And shallots have started to sprout also. I will harden these of over the next few days & then plant them out.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I still have loads to do including more digging (groan!), seed sowing and planting out of seedlings & so it goes on......</div>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-41355205838096436952011-03-29T20:26:00.004+00:002011-03-29T22:05:10.856+00:00Raspberry relocation<div style="text-align: center;">I was going to carry on with digging bed 3 today, but once I got to the plot I completely lost all digging willpower - Had a bit of a tidy up at the side of the shed & found what I think are some raspberries growing there & rather than cut them back I dug them up, especially as they were all sprouting.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAp1AWgtZLGZICZbhfy9owhnQkoGQzWDaFE4hkL7s1qAfv1LXpfb_9iipbXxqdGpQPvjMGrhdRXXTuNbk7z0Zn0hiYYNKTySJ4AhWypd7sd-0h0iVbuEWctXXqcxepA4I7s8nu/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+046.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAp1AWgtZLGZICZbhfy9owhnQkoGQzWDaFE4hkL7s1qAfv1LXpfb_9iipbXxqdGpQPvjMGrhdRXXTuNbk7z0Zn0hiYYNKTySJ4AhWypd7sd-0h0iVbuEWctXXqcxepA4I7s8nu/s320/Allotment+March+2011+046.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589612380577036722" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">As I had dug them up I then needed to plant them, so got on with digging a couple of trenches in the fruit cage. Once I had dug the trenches I refilled them with soil, first taking out all the weed roots and mixed in some compost and feed. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyKD8cp1dZucfB9JKODgvPkRccf64hAmztQik2clJlxLDmO_0dg49Z66ev_JZgt1Sz2AzAncuZWmdffvRhT5vATbzNObSkHh2w7kpl5d41y36FaxfRrMjBzhgGJ4unn63zBQH/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+047.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyKD8cp1dZucfB9JKODgvPkRccf64hAmztQik2clJlxLDmO_0dg49Z66ev_JZgt1Sz2AzAncuZWmdffvRhT5vATbzNObSkHh2w7kpl5d41y36FaxfRrMjBzhgGJ4unn63zBQH/s320/Allotment+March+2011+047.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589612371088320018" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I then planted all the raspberries in to the trench, although once I had planted them it became apparent that there are too many to fit into one trench. In the other trench I planted all the raspberries I previously dug up from the next door plot.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipVS44cqa9mpayiug8r3SwAvUtUauh3gnwF165J7ldIpBl7mSP6diXJ194BDqzCnp64eX8PVTjTNNVgPLrtg7FgWjKkNDwC5j3yxbNHn74d4K_VnKYsrv7GecYzzHJVrL3YjKw/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+048.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipVS44cqa9mpayiug8r3SwAvUtUauh3gnwF165J7ldIpBl7mSP6diXJ194BDqzCnp64eX8PVTjTNNVgPLrtg7FgWjKkNDwC5j3yxbNHn74d4K_VnKYsrv7GecYzzHJVrL3YjKw/s320/Allotment+March+2011+048.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589612366805310002" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">There will be two more rows, one of the canes that Rachel gave me which are an autumn variety and another of the 'under shed' variety. The only problem is that I do not know whether the 'under shed' or 'next door' are summer or autumn varieties...only time will tell I suppose!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_Wz6Epb6kUAzdL0fT9192y1ZOkGCynuJcQi8RKTG7rZb9BBJrVWWlnIiPsSXS4byS6Pdnzg3N4Ct9ziCsThWtxi0Rms5-5ndPd4UOszxWA9J6sQSsQJ8yCHpKn1S-RWZRdag/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+049.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_Wz6Epb6kUAzdL0fT9192y1ZOkGCynuJcQi8RKTG7rZb9BBJrVWWlnIiPsSXS4byS6Pdnzg3N4Ct9ziCsThWtxi0Rms5-5ndPd4UOszxWA9J6sQSsQJ8yCHpKn1S-RWZRdag/s320/Allotment+March+2011+049.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589612359559122130" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Last but not least, I took a peek under the cloches and found that the perpetual spinach has just started to sprout....Hoorah!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love growing things, but I am never too sure about what I am doing - it is all a bit trial & error, so it is always cause for a celebration when it actually works!</div>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-43780540954314066452011-03-28T18:50:00.004+00:002011-03-28T19:19:20.673+00:00Done digging bed 5!<div style="text-align: center;">At last I have finished digging bed 5 - Hoorah!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am hoping to see Mike (3 plots along from mine) who has a tiller, as he said I could borrow it. I want to put a load of council compost on & till it to create a finer tilth ready for sowing. The trouble with our soil is that the clay, once you dig it turns into small, rock hard boulders, which are rubbish for sowing into. The frosts do break down the soil but unfortunately I can't wait that long. However it does have it's good points though in that it very fertile.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWpyppjKHhMGUBUcM9PIFLeS9yigf2mybmeJRfMMM9mgy7POSARUxMkwKSuUFsBvePZb-Z0UsuzhNbNsSKqKRikkHQfP53UHagXDmzuAoizpoTBaAB-sc6_OnTGJJ_pxjBb6n/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+041.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWpyppjKHhMGUBUcM9PIFLeS9yigf2mybmeJRfMMM9mgy7POSARUxMkwKSuUFsBvePZb-Z0UsuzhNbNsSKqKRikkHQfP53UHagXDmzuAoizpoTBaAB-sc6_OnTGJJ_pxjBb6n/s320/Allotment+March+2011+041.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589207172081412866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I again did some digging then some painting to rest my back, so also got the fruit cage completely painted. It now looks much better, rather than a load of old wood cobbled together.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFHFKWh2faxXBoh_HfUqywiL636WPqUE7vWPGBuZZiYoMeom46qlH7cckid5_4jI7-aWvQdGnjWzHINmF_kwdvUaIEY0Wv_1-ZUL-56rdZT3QrlDVfCb8lzV9JorOJebTDB-mQ/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+040.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFHFKWh2faxXBoh_HfUqywiL636WPqUE7vWPGBuZZiYoMeom46qlH7cckid5_4jI7-aWvQdGnjWzHINmF_kwdvUaIEY0Wv_1-ZUL-56rdZT3QrlDVfCb8lzV9JorOJebTDB-mQ/s320/Allotment+March+2011+040.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589206701185748194" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMP-L4bxmDD0DynQObyNDSB46JzTjqG8W1TtbuEGo2LG_82eu9CJEjZWzK52Y3yKngiU58AMhGoKQ2iJc_o0vJriBtyJO2dAsdNh48n_jds14__QdR2p-ShiZZqoSGDReAvuvd/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+038.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMP-L4bxmDD0DynQObyNDSB46JzTjqG8W1TtbuEGo2LG_82eu9CJEjZWzK52Y3yKngiU58AMhGoKQ2iJc_o0vJriBtyJO2dAsdNh48n_jds14__QdR2p-ShiZZqoSGDReAvuvd/s320/Allotment+March+2011+038.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589206690332567138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Buddy, master of all he surveys....only thing is, he is surveying Wayne's plot not ours!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2zP521teLXHA6-hBzajrkCzz_xhgnxbFbLqHvqFJ3Eu625oUEY5ksZZ5ToPOoJYGkZHJlESSxB3Sjw7WkjlL0zm3YHNZQseSXFoVR0EkEA_K2rnaHSPgMKJPMz7xOIVj_a28/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+044.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2zP521teLXHA6-hBzajrkCzz_xhgnxbFbLqHvqFJ3Eu625oUEY5ksZZ5ToPOoJYGkZHJlESSxB3Sjw7WkjlL0zm3YHNZQseSXFoVR0EkEA_K2rnaHSPgMKJPMz7xOIVj_a28/s320/Allotment+March+2011+044.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589206681803261410" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The carrot (Paris Market) seedlings that I sowed into the crate int he greenhouse are finally showing their first true leaves.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisasZ_b4cWi2gGywia0zOBzNEY_i33wprQGjWLvHyEKinQb-HML2VUzzHqYY3-DEFs9QQd-fMgLxSkSeCmdg2OqWCUbcr4hsezDsPETYb0wgpgc2JC7NgKxzV4HvKDTt3dN10p/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+042.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisasZ_b4cWi2gGywia0zOBzNEY_i33wprQGjWLvHyEKinQb-HML2VUzzHqYY3-DEFs9QQd-fMgLxSkSeCmdg2OqWCUbcr4hsezDsPETYb0wgpgc2JC7NgKxzV4HvKDTt3dN10p/s320/Allotment+March+2011+042.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589206672154453650" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My lovely daughter Chloe visited me at the allotment after school and 'helped' with the watering - she got more water on the dog & herself than on the plants!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6Qgtrr_KIxjUMAA22US2-9bmgAZXN8qA1JwvY_Jl6Z00WS2_xBrACkTOZr27s-u6O99-YYtKRiE1MXThQRA3vgCQPzKVsNy3MH7-O5O7bFUCziaXa9QHJRrBRL_X_bBJrCSv/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+043.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6Qgtrr_KIxjUMAA22US2-9bmgAZXN8qA1JwvY_Jl6Z00WS2_xBrACkTOZr27s-u6O99-YYtKRiE1MXThQRA3vgCQPzKVsNy3MH7-O5O7bFUCziaXa9QHJRrBRL_X_bBJrCSv/s320/Allotment+March+2011+043.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589206660159179954" /></a>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-65323823670217855992011-03-27T20:25:00.004+00:002011-03-27T20:45:42.788+00:00Multi tasking<div style="text-align: center;">Now I know why I am an advocate for the no-dig system.... I hate digging & any one who says that they like digging can come & do mine any time! I have tried to get the dog interested in digging but he just went to sleep instead.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5Af_hglmsZfkPcDdxLlQakPjX6sYlxojBtxqIz5Vq3GxnLe_68vk97kjjAv14F0qLsRVWDNWiViu5Z_AeBvhnqJretSAYv34No0FKL1D0lBFm_vblIC5Y03tDLv_hwHDgrXj/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+029.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5Af_hglmsZfkPcDdxLlQakPjX6sYlxojBtxqIz5Vq3GxnLe_68vk97kjjAv14F0qLsRVWDNWiViu5Z_AeBvhnqJretSAYv34No0FKL1D0lBFm_vblIC5Y03tDLv_hwHDgrXj/s320/Allotment+March+2011+029.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588860644818013362" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">As my back has been through alot over the past few days I decided to do 3 things in turn, so I dug a strip of bed, painted a section of fruit cage & set out & planted the potatoes. The theory was that I would be able to give my back a regular break from digging and be able to stretch it by reaching up in order to paint. this worked quite well and I have now managed to dig about 3/4 of the bed.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGczQMhboJOr3eWNyUZ04b8hSL59N6H7hzs-5YG1HT8Zco9U4dFHzksAZP2u1JFDsgPB-EPsYIEWw5sl_T5HQqkasTUM3KwKmI4SkKhYit9gkdGhm7VtVGjSiWl27Fj3RX7Yr8/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+030.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGczQMhboJOr3eWNyUZ04b8hSL59N6H7hzs-5YG1HT8Zco9U4dFHzksAZP2u1JFDsgPB-EPsYIEWw5sl_T5HQqkasTUM3KwKmI4SkKhYit9gkdGhm7VtVGjSiWl27Fj3RX7Yr8/s320/Allotment+March+2011+030.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588860637928504578" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The potato bed with all the potatoes set out ready for planting.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscQ6Pxyv5XLPW9ILvYy0QDKtmoU3J7X-ybjLCLAJRe3o581WxhYD3zfJYUKquVTVHREq20XF0Eb0PpgE-LbCnAJeZSoqWX7fLx4uurkdq9loLU3AkmffnyaTkK9OwFCaLLg8V/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+031.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscQ6Pxyv5XLPW9ILvYy0QDKtmoU3J7X-ybjLCLAJRe3o581WxhYD3zfJYUKquVTVHREq20XF0Eb0PpgE-LbCnAJeZSoqWX7fLx4uurkdq9loLU3AkmffnyaTkK9OwFCaLLg8V/s320/Allotment+March+2011+031.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588860634863196322" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Potato bed on the right, bed 5 on the left and behind, the fruit cage half painted. As you can see, I only have blue paint!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizIPNEhuRw_-HGVcaoOkciNmnLQ6-ZJ63TlLoRt35EefoCGtyAKUp0C4z8wFZa7xeNECVP2KDt398xA5PQyVoXyJODgBbB6IwBLsaLIYROC-_6UHBg6nPPM1xFoZevwrqMUeqr/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+034.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizIPNEhuRw_-HGVcaoOkciNmnLQ6-ZJ63TlLoRt35EefoCGtyAKUp0C4z8wFZa7xeNECVP2KDt398xA5PQyVoXyJODgBbB6IwBLsaLIYROC-_6UHBg6nPPM1xFoZevwrqMUeqr/s320/Allotment+March+2011+034.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588860627998679698" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">All the seedlings that I have been hardening off ready for planting outside.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyXDT3RvURAxelVHR9deqd5KaZmfdCsn8_tWflPz1RSoTSCd5RU_LvmHKlil7uNLA6Z_-yf6af8NlwTlhy_FUs15m-eTfb4RieHWGMI_IeyypDLWtymBW6CAgti7S2VbJNLuop/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+036.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyXDT3RvURAxelVHR9deqd5KaZmfdCsn8_tWflPz1RSoTSCd5RU_LvmHKlil7uNLA6Z_-yf6af8NlwTlhy_FUs15m-eTfb4RieHWGMI_IeyypDLWtymBW6CAgti7S2VbJNLuop/s320/Allotment+March+2011+036.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588860623355144866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Andy & Dominic's plot with weed membrane down for paths</div>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-52319318098379942722011-03-26T19:55:00.001+00:002011-03-27T20:25:07.326+00:00Today I have been mostly....<div style="text-align: center;">Digging.....</div><div style="text-align: center;">Still carrying on with bed 5 & it seems to be taking an eternity. It was cold & dull today which was a bit of a let down after the past few days of gorgeous sunshine & I soon got cold & had to take refuge in the greenhouse. Sowed some more cosmos, stocks, marigolds and nasturtium. I also sowed some gladioli & triteleia into the front flower bed. Once I had done this I had to go home to defrost.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yesterday I was mostly.......</div><div style="text-align: center;">Getting on with the fruit cage</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have put in the corner braces and finished off the top rails. It feels much more sturdy and not about to fall over!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijp9pHkPK0bu7a4C2p-jbgeb2JQ2ekaRuOioqf8TPHJmYzl-k9b9zaD2Gj-uOhy0wz-RCfcHR3xCDripr-o4U6Bl4qGOLE7u5xOQFpAoCV8ycnJA7978KUHttbbANrV3cb0Z9-/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+026.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijp9pHkPK0bu7a4C2p-jbgeb2JQ2ekaRuOioqf8TPHJmYzl-k9b9zaD2Gj-uOhy0wz-RCfcHR3xCDripr-o4U6Bl4qGOLE7u5xOQFpAoCV8ycnJA7978KUHttbbANrV3cb0Z9-/s320/Allotment+March+2011+026.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588851964788956898" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I also did a little more digging of bed 5</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is my neighbour Wayne's plot</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ROw7IXgWd3p1_bYP-t2lufAu-HKSxKXNlMECcbl1hYxmfoNjbfco-ks2Q3E_l4KfxCUzZgg0-R5hFoC3mOKr86Vv2PcjVfaYsm1EgNbpsqPbNApu49fMoT12TuaIyDAyJJ4r/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+027.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ROw7IXgWd3p1_bYP-t2lufAu-HKSxKXNlMECcbl1hYxmfoNjbfco-ks2Q3E_l4KfxCUzZgg0-R5hFoC3mOKr86Vv2PcjVfaYsm1EgNbpsqPbNApu49fMoT12TuaIyDAyJJ4r/s320/Allotment+March+2011+027.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588851956619706578" /></a>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-16193450253779987842011-03-24T22:34:00.006+00:002011-03-24T23:16:01.979+00:00A few days of plotting<div style="text-align: center;">I have had a few days off work this week and have been keeping myself busy up at the plot. The weather has been beautiful and it has been wonderful to be able to wear a T shirt and feel the sun on my arms. The sunshine has also brought out plenty of bare chested men, unfortunately some of these really ought to remain covered up! There area few specimens however that really are a sight to behold and can carry on wearing no shirts as far as I am concerned - Vegetables are lovely to look at but it is nice to have a bit of variety!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have been to collect a couple of trailer loads of free council compost, which is great for lightening up the clay soil and for mulching. I put a load into the front flower bed, & will mix some topsoil in with it before planting anything in there. I put a thick mulch onto the long Rhubarb bed and I am hoping to grow sweet peas over the arch.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCkN7UD4HWxPLNAUK0VmoS6O_TjyhPXFghwuyS02xnFBWvSkdLJdrv6SNIiQMM13XHjPxYpfrpV096iQPjherigImWbr2iYfftJTMp9LA2Lr6Cr6TVEj1QhOQEg3KLzwnz8K0/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+006.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCkN7UD4HWxPLNAUK0VmoS6O_TjyhPXFghwuyS02xnFBWvSkdLJdrv6SNIiQMM13XHjPxYpfrpV096iQPjherigImWbr2iYfftJTMp9LA2Lr6Cr6TVEj1QhOQEg3KLzwnz8K0/s320/Allotment+March+2011+006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587780837829706162" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I also mulched the strawberry beds. If you put this stuff on thickly it helps suppress the weeds, conditions the soil, helps retain moisture and provides some nutrients.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYt4INTEvT7oLUKDBFfJGbfJibgHP_wxv01-ugoMwRgDNM2Daka6MkNeXQeEIZBUmtvvKuJWmAnfkd6WoCbHRNj7uMlmYChBvFEketVd7XP2PtrtGyxXwLlMfOpD_M73Cdg4BS/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+014.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYt4INTEvT7oLUKDBFfJGbfJibgHP_wxv01-ugoMwRgDNM2Daka6MkNeXQeEIZBUmtvvKuJWmAnfkd6WoCbHRNj7uMlmYChBvFEketVd7XP2PtrtGyxXwLlMfOpD_M73Cdg4BS/s320/Allotment+March+2011+014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587780494882688034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I covered the potato bed with clear plastic in order to warm it up in readiness for planting the potatoes this coming weekend.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohs3Llsj_UGwbk1QY4eEylQfPb4rCvp_aycJQ8SXoTz9uHEw-0STX4bxIzCNMvNggT9M_XUMorEAObLD2hD-EHt115Y7qXR7ixdcg_Ewat9IYCBH5Szak77Vy0G4vM8aajgQI/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+013.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohs3Llsj_UGwbk1QY4eEylQfPb4rCvp_aycJQ8SXoTz9uHEw-0STX4bxIzCNMvNggT9M_XUMorEAObLD2hD-EHt115Y7qXR7ixdcg_Ewat9IYCBH5Szak77Vy0G4vM8aajgQI/s320/Allotment+March+2011+013.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587780485877955682" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I met my new plot neighbours this week - Juliet & Stephen. They have been hard at work clearing their plot, and managed this much in one day.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjADFbWeiFLY7uzRVFTKNmfclt5OfIiN0_kEcy6YPQjUD0LCCo1Lm7GoNDvMgUA8dOMY5_JnROMmypRDI-xfmaELZ7XwqFxMvdLln8OjsdCyfR7aXmiDRYpb3aMB59K6indPMZZ/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+011.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjADFbWeiFLY7uzRVFTKNmfclt5OfIiN0_kEcy6YPQjUD0LCCo1Lm7GoNDvMgUA8dOMY5_JnROMmypRDI-xfmaELZ7XwqFxMvdLln8OjsdCyfR7aXmiDRYpb3aMB59K6indPMZZ/s320/Allotment+March+2011+011.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587780483830926034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Today I have been working on the fruit cage, and have nearly finished it. I just need to fix the braces to make it sturdier, and get a few more lengths of wood to complete the top rails. All that will then be required is the netting, which I will order via the internet.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I also thickly mulched all the fruit bushes & trees.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBl636T_EGUGjJrsL6Ztdm_bBQ8D_DKSoJGcLYFnYx5vLvcuyQE1z-vxivO7mKcMvcjZT24Q5QSS6L0u9WYOVQyiJSJB8iV1Yq__J_DbFIHzOj5aGvOZDSyLcrCI74n615_Zdw/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+010.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBl636T_EGUGjJrsL6Ztdm_bBQ8D_DKSoJGcLYFnYx5vLvcuyQE1z-vxivO7mKcMvcjZT24Q5QSS6L0u9WYOVQyiJSJB8iV1Yq__J_DbFIHzOj5aGvOZDSyLcrCI74n615_Zdw/s320/Allotment+March+2011+010.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587780476228429650" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The view down the plot</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3ylFtLYZTOo75GL-KgqjlNjKF3kWw-lovs-lbORZrILzpvJCcfL8K9fdeREHRD1_A5G848tqaYWupfJitLRkZF8-uKaIVf0gjGUgP1htXImXRF8rzaCh1Mfk-lzcpbaEdFX-/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+009.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3ylFtLYZTOo75GL-KgqjlNjKF3kWw-lovs-lbORZrILzpvJCcfL8K9fdeREHRD1_A5G848tqaYWupfJitLRkZF8-uKaIVf0gjGUgP1htXImXRF8rzaCh1Mfk-lzcpbaEdFX-/s320/Allotment+March+2011+009.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587780469261520130" /></a>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13165279.post-61858953018993985242011-03-23T22:04:00.002+00:002011-03-24T22:34:20.638+00:00Seedlings galore!<div style="text-align: center;">Nearly all the seedlings that I sowed recently have come up...</div><div style="text-align: center;">The broad beans (Aquadulce Claudia) have all germinated and are ready to go out.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjGOl4EPmvc6dETaZvt7g9rt9ZycX8wFgU1x1CECGYbks7l2N2K8SNfA6Jwxa7_W8UElYFnjDcF7BxN_jmdfD5XGrsjMMhXAySYxWzZqMACfzMkdTpxesm4j4whvDVqgF8fO_/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+007.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjGOl4EPmvc6dETaZvt7g9rt9ZycX8wFgU1x1CECGYbks7l2N2K8SNfA6Jwxa7_W8UElYFnjDcF7BxN_jmdfD5XGrsjMMhXAySYxWzZqMACfzMkdTpxesm4j4whvDVqgF8fO_/s320/Allotment+March+2011+007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587776970689553266" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">These are the beetroot seedlings that I sowed as Monty Don suggested, in clusters in modules.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uDhr6Rzl6gulkuGMTkm1sr7_Tb6YNE75hPPEGclkSsgS0bbhpAVXkYsfgFqEPTJTInILiLbgwTqwpDHurOTHT46zqioy73TZYC1FpxVhEVK635UY9le2CmqJo2VAv7T_vG8s/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uDhr6Rzl6gulkuGMTkm1sr7_Tb6YNE75hPPEGclkSsgS0bbhpAVXkYsfgFqEPTJTInILiLbgwTqwpDHurOTHT46zqioy73TZYC1FpxVhEVK635UY9le2CmqJo2VAv7T_vG8s/s320/Allotment+March+2011+001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587776966542146658" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Cosmos seedlings.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVZ8rVUDN8yapkhbme8URt90QnvLs7wdbap0SCxIjxXizQwlus5pq1OIuEfvizbf-jaJ75iRFfum5Ht6UGbHqtPblvaU9XzVDzMtQSO7GuFW3RW89iTktQ3alcuMTqxOINHYo/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVZ8rVUDN8yapkhbme8URt90QnvLs7wdbap0SCxIjxXizQwlus5pq1OIuEfvizbf-jaJ75iRFfum5Ht6UGbHqtPblvaU9XzVDzMtQSO7GuFW3RW89iTktQ3alcuMTqxOINHYo/s320/Allotment+March+2011+002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587776955084691234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Tomato seedlings</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC0DPyPWtCPBgG-8Yg1hx0xgt60iOKmEWYLei6UeVLIPTpRA-fVmviX4wVmhSOjfUOwDTEhlXj0rwW3cLLecGL4Si_orXfjaQcTKO1uvTo6VwJiIkNAXNVITWFOwdJ69ruuE8x/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC0DPyPWtCPBgG-8Yg1hx0xgt60iOKmEWYLei6UeVLIPTpRA-fVmviX4wVmhSOjfUOwDTEhlXj0rwW3cLLecGL4Si_orXfjaQcTKO1uvTo6VwJiIkNAXNVITWFOwdJ69ruuE8x/s320/Allotment+March+2011+005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587776954294149666" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And finally - poundland shallots - going great guns - so far well worth the pound that I paid for them.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_lkw8aWUWSFCI-ArHVoqsepXbH6havdniY4zu994vYPRO7_uWokfF32Cm0X_zzA4rqpZ9lThXTT5Pl_eYSmlOTfpRQW95RfCGZadiSpSjiv7pNHznPePAQn8qQcjje1P4VzK/s1600/Allotment+March+2011+008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_lkw8aWUWSFCI-ArHVoqsepXbH6havdniY4zu994vYPRO7_uWokfF32Cm0X_zzA4rqpZ9lThXTT5Pl_eYSmlOTfpRQW95RfCGZadiSpSjiv7pNHznPePAQn8qQcjje1P4VzK/s320/Allotment+March+2011+008.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587776943378130642" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I am hardening off the shallots & broad beans at the moment so that they will be OK when I plant them out.</div>Emma Kitteridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260356589501386196noreply@blogger.com0