Monday, March 27, 2006

Plan of plot

Click here to see a plan of the plot so far.

Sunday, March 26, 2006


A bit of rain this week, plus temperatures much milder.
Planted potatoes (Charlotte in large middle bed, and Vivaldi in one of the smaller middle bed).
Onions -- white, red and shallots -- next to potatoes. Transplanted some of the small leeks, dug up some of the larger ones for dinner.
Tom sowed carrots under his poly-tunnel.

Sunday, March 19, 2006


Dug over the 4'x12' area in sw corner. Menured, composted and planted 4 rows of peas.
Michael helped with planting garlic, beetroot and carrots in his bit - 2'x12' in se corner. Covered with a poly-tunnel (18"x9' - £10 from Homebase).
2nd poly tunnel covering a dug-over area to "warm the ground", but no compost added yet.

Sunday, March 05, 2006


Continuing to dig the plot over. Marked out various beds and dug over / compost in.
Raspberries cut-down, soil broken up and a mulch added.
Maybe 60% total area dug over now.
So far, I have added:
1 bag bone-meal (AA - £4),
8 bags of manure (Thompson's - £26),
10 bags of peat-free componst (B&Q - £20).