wilbara
Clearing the weeds
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Post by wilbara on Nov 15, 2021 13:34:07 GMT
SITTING IN A NICE WARM GREENHOUSE AND PRICKING OUT ,IS MY IDEA
OF HEAVEN,WHICH IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS MORNING.
BEEN GIVEN THE USE OF A HEATED GREENHOUSE AND TWO COLD ONES
AND SOME GROUND OUTSIDE,NOT THAT I SHALL BE DOING ANY OF THE
OUTSIDE WORK.
IT HAS BEEN QUITE HARD GETTING USED TO PRICKING OUT PLANTS ONLY
USING ONE HAND BUT VOU SOON GET USED TO IT
SO FAR WE HAVE GOT:
72 ONION SETS SPROUTING EACH ONE IN A THREE INCH P0T
SHALLOTS IN THE GROUND JUST STARTING TO BURST
PLANT ON THE SHORTEST TO GATHER ON THE LONGEST IS THE OLD SAYING
THE BROAD BEANS ARE NOW READY TO BE POTTED ON AND PUT IN THE
COLD GREENHOUSE.
WHILE THE EARLY BRUSSELS WILL SOON BE READY TO TAKE THIER PLACE
IN THE GROUND OUTSIDE.
THE ONION SEED GLOBO WILL SOON BE READY TO PRICK OUT.
WHETHER IT WILL BE WORTHWHILE GROWING MUCH GREEN STUFF
REMAINS TO BE SEEN AS THE GARDEN DOES SEEM TO BE WELL ENDOWED
WITH PIGIONS
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wilbara
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Post by wilbara on Nov 15, 2021 18:26:08 GMT
FORGOT TO MENTION THAT NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO PUT IN A ROW OF
EARLY PEAS OUTSIDE
WE HAVE GOT MAINCROP PEAS JUST SOWN TODAY SINGLY IN 3INCH POTS
251 IN ALL
THEY WILL BE KEPT IN SOME OF COVER UNTIL LATE FEBRAURY BEFORE
PLANTING OUT.
THERE WILL I EXPECT TO BE QUITE A FEW LOSSS BEFORE THEN
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wilbara
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Post by wilbara on Nov 16, 2021 13:49:50 GMT
THE PLOT ITSELF IS REALLY TAKING SHAPE.
NO THANKS TO ME
MY CONTRIBUTION IS VERY SMALL BUT ITS BETTER THAN
SITTING AT HOME.
WAS A BIT JEALOUS OF THE DIGGING THAT WAS BEING DONE.
THAT USED TO BE MY FAVOURITE JOB
DIGGING ON A MORNING LIKE THIS MORNING WHAT COULD BE BETTER
WITH AN UNLIMITED SUPPLY OF MANURE STACKED ONLY THREE FEET
AWAY WHAT IS BEING DONE IS THAT AS ONE PERSON GETS TO THE
END OF ROW WITH THE DIGGING, THE OTHER PERSON IS FULLING
THE TRENCH COMPLETELY TO THE TOP WITH MANURE.
THE SOIL OF THE NEXT ROWS IS THEN THROWN ONTO THE MANURE
AND SO ON AND SO ON.
THE ROW
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wilbara
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Post by wilbara on Nov 16, 2021 14:15:48 GMT
IN THE GREENHOUSE THE WASHING UP BOWLS THAT I BOUGHT FROM PUUNDLAND
AND DRILLED HOLES IN THE BOTTOM AND THEN FILLED WITH COMPOST ARE NOW
SHOOTING WITH THE SEEDS THAT WERE SOWN IN THEM,
ONE BOWL EACH OF
BEETROOT
TURNIP
SWEDE
TO BE CUT VERY YOUNG FOR THEIR YOUNG LEAVES
THESE WILL BE CUT AND COME AGAIN
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE OF THE WINTER.
ANOTHER HAS RADISH SEED IN IT AND THEY ARE GROWING WELL
THE LETTUCE ARE DOING AVERAGE
I POTTED THEM UP SINGLY INTO 5 INCH POTS And put them in
the heated greenhouse
HAVE NOT GOT MUCH FAITH IN THEM
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wilbara
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Post by wilbara on Jan 16, 2022 13:08:41 GMT
THE LETTUCE THAT WE PUT IN DID COME AND HEARTED UP WELL
OUTSIDE THE PEAS HAVE COME THROUGH AS HAVE THE BROAD BEANS
THE VARITIES USED WERE
BROAD BEAN HANGDOWN GREEN
THIS IS A VARIETY I USED MYSELF FOR MANY YEARS AND IS PROBARLY
THE MOST PROLIFIC OFALL THE BROAD BEAN FAMILY.
IT MUST NOT BE CONFUSED WITH GREEN HANGDOWN WHICH IS A WHITE
BEAN And IS LAGGING FAR BEHIND IN TASTE OF THE GREEN BEAN.
THE PEA VARIETY USED WAS CHAMPION OF ENGLAND,ANOTHER VARIETY
I USED FOR MANY YEARS AND ONCE AGAIN THE TASTE AND YIELD ALWAYS
EXCEEDED MOST OTHER VARITIES.
I MUST ADMIT THAT ANY WORK IS BEYOND ME NOW BUT IT IS NICE TO
BE INVOLDED IN SOMETHING NEW LIKE THIS.
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wilbara
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Post by wilbara on Jan 17, 2022 14:14:40 GMT
THE BROAD SEED AND THE PEA SEED WERE BOTH OBTAINED FROM BROWNS SEEDS
THANKS TO THE COMMENTS I RECEIVED UP THE TOWN TODAY VERY WELCOME.
THE ONION SETS WHICH WERE PUT IN SINGLY INTO 3INCH POTS WAY BEFORE
CHRISTMAS ARE DOING VERY WELL AND WE ONLY LOST TWO.
THEY ARE SITTING VERY HAPPILY UNDER EUROMESH
THE GLOBO ONION SEEDLINGS WERE POTTED ON OVER THE CHRISTMAS PERIOD
AND LOOK PRETTY GOOD.
THE SEED ORDER ARRIVED TODAY AND IT WAS A JOB TO STOP THE SEED BEING
TORN FROM THE PACKETS AND PUT STRAIGHT INTO THE GROUND.
BUT GOOD TO SEE EXCITMENT AND INTEREST.
THE GROUND BENIFITTED FROM BEING DUG UP AND THE HEAVY FROSTS HAS DONE
ITS WORK.
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wilbara
Clearing the weeds
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Post by wilbara on Feb 26, 2022 13:11:51 GMT
THE ONION SETS HAVE ALL BEEN PLANTED OUT AND ARE VERY HAPPY UNDER
THIER EVOMESH SHELTER
HAVE ONE OR TWO CASUALITIES ON THE BROAD BEAN FRONT BUT NOT AS
BAD AS I THOUGHT WE WOULD.
THE SAME WITH THE PEAS.
WHAT WE DID WHEN THE STORM WARNING CAME WAS TO HAMMER SOME STURDY
STAKES INTO THE GROUND AT EACH END OF THE ROWS AND ALONG THE SIDES
OF THE ROWS AND THEN WRAP SCAfFOLDING NETTING ROUND THEM.
IT SEEMS TO HAVE DONE THE TRICK.
THE SAME WITH THE GREENHOUSES.
WE COMPLETELY COVERED THE GREENHOUSES WITH THE NETTING AND THEN
WEIGHED THEM DOWN WITH ROCKS FROM WHAT HAD BEEN QUITE A BIG
ROCKERY.
THAT SEEMS TO HAVE WORKED ALSO,HAVING ONLY LOST SIX PANES FROM
THE THREE GREENHOUSES ALTHOUGH THERE ANOTHER FIVE THAT ARE CRACKED
WE ARE LUCKY WHERE WE ARE SITUATED WITH THE FACT THAT IT IS PRETTY
SHELTERED
THE SWEET PEAS ARE JUST STARTING TO GERMINAE IN THEIR POTS AND
WILL BE USED TO PLANT AMONG THE RUNNER BEANS THE FRENCH CLIMBING
BEANS TO ACT AS POLLINATORS.
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wilbara
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Post by wilbara on Jul 11, 2023 12:16:09 GMT
the garden where i w0rked and had my plot is so differant from when
i worked two days a week and kept it looking in perfect condition and
the son of the owners is now the owner of the property.
it has been turned into eight medium sized plots which are full of
vegetables of all shapes and sizes.
but big small or weird shape they all have a proud owner.
there are of course ,some prizewinning potentials among the others,
quite a lot actually.
one plot though does not have one vegetable growing on it.
it is completely fall of dahlias .
the original tubers came from the allotment ones that i had
cant say anything about the breaking of the rule that only vegetables are
to be grown on the site as the one growing them is the owner of the place.
f
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