Allotment Vegetable Growing in June 2006
Tent Cloche in a BoxMy bargain buy (?20.00 from Bridgemere) tent cloche in the box. A Chinese puzzle with 'helpful' instructions. |
Tent Cloche Built and Filled with PlantsIt only took half an hour to build up, very simple really. I'm very pleased with it - the heavy duty reinforced plastic side panels unzip and roll up to be held by Velcro tabs but there is a sort of flyscreen under, keeping out pests but allowing good ventilation. There are also small screened vents at the ends, further improving ventilation. |
Greenhouse Construction 2Having made a good start and discovered a piece was missing, it all fell down. I have made a replacement, which I hope will do the job so need to make another start. Anyway, Jim - you said I wasn't being honest with the photo of it halfway up, so here you go! |
Comfrey Patch and Me!Nearly as high as I am, me and the comfrey patch. Thanks to Steve from plot 2 for taking the photo. Comfrey is one of the most useful plants you can grow. It makes a liquid feed as good as commercial tomato feed and is rich enough to be used as a compost activator. |
Poorly OnionsSome of the onions on the patch at the top of plot 5 have come down with some illness. I'm not sure what it is but at least I've plenty of spares. Could be downey mildew, its certainly been wet enough but if it's shanking, I've got a real problem. |
Cauliflower CropFrom 5 plants of caulflower Mayflower, I have succeeded in getting this marvellous crop. Yes, nearly a portion! Well, sometimes things go wrong and I think they went wrong in this case. |
Rotovator BargainI think the French sell more rotovators than we do in England and they certainly have some good prices. This is Val (my wife) with a 5.5 horsepower, geared rotovator for 469 Euros (£320) |
Glastonbury Festival at WistastonWe jokingly call this plot Glastonbury because of the tent cloches but Pete, the owner, has created a wonderful bed around a sunken half-barrel pond. The chap has real skills in garden design. |
First Early PotatoesThe first potatoes of the season. Not a huge amount from two plants but it's only been 10 weeks since planting and they'll be really up to speed in another two weeks. There's a good two meals worth here and they taste sublime. From ground to my tum in less than three hours! |
Onions on the drying rackThey may be small, but they are my Japanese onions and we have run out of last year's stock. The onions at the top of plot 5 haven't done well but the other patch in the centre of the plot are looking OK. The raised wire netting rack enables them to dry out for storage although Japanese onins do not tend to store well at the best of times, |
Plot 29 BrassicasI removed the protection cage for easy access to get the brassicas weeded. If I say it myself, the brassicas on plot 29 are looking good. |
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