My Garden Journal

Who will be the first to eat a fruit from the Greenside Communty Centre?!? There are also a couple of sweet peas ready to be eaten raw! So the plants are doing well. I am planning to add a borage…
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Today I planned to pop in the allotment for 2 jobs: Checking seedling in the Greenhouse, making sure all is ok. Installing the shelves in the Shed. First job went quickly, I was actually happy to see the broad beans…
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On the 5th of January this year 2018, following my discover of two tunnels under the big shelve in my greenhouse at my last visit, I needed to fill them up and try to stop the invasion in my greenhouse! I…
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On the 3rd of January this year 2018, I finally went back to my allotment after a long period of inactivity. My first jobs are finishing children’s raised beds and clearing the Greenhouse for the new growing season. The plan…
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I am certainly learning the hard way how to grow my own veg. One thing I am learning is to be regular in keeping my allotment going. I am learning through not doing it! In fact I have been very…
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After 3 days wondering when the rain would stop I went to my allotment for an hour between 9pm and 10pm. Although there had been some showers today , it was mainly dry. As always, when I am not visiting…
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Today it was a quick call. Zoomed on my bicycle at 8:00pm, there in 5 mins. Back at home for 9:05pm. Job done today: I did water all plants in the greenhouse and plants waiting impatiently in their pot outside…
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