Andy's Allotment Year 2 (2011)

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Thursday, 8 September 2011

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Well here we go, onto year 2 at andy's allotment.

New year new page for blog

A New Year

And so it begins for year 2 on the plot...

Manure 31/01/2011

1 tonne of shit..........

More hard work

Barrowed it onto the beds!!!

Manure

All the beds need it!

Job Done....

A good thick layer of poo!!!

11/02/11.....

So it is now February 11th and the growing season is nearly here... :)
Its been a long winter and a long wait for my budding green fingers! A new edition to my plot is a mini greenhouse for starting off my seedlings kindly bought for me by my mrs Carly. As you are aware im a newbie to this gardening lark so have been reading up on how to start plants off until i plant them in my soil. I hope i have studied well as am now putting it into practice. But as i said before 'If it dosn't grow keep trying!!'

Getting prepared

So after covering the beds with some well rotted manure ill leave it for the month now and dig it in at the start of March. Just bought my seed potato's which are 'Pentland Javelin' and 'Rocket' both first earlies. And my Onion set which are 'Sturon'. So will be starting to chit the seed potato's this week as i want them in the soil for mid March. I'm also going to put some Garlic in this season and i've bought some 'Allium Sativum' So i best read up on how to grow garlic......

At last planted first veg!!

Its 14/02/2011 its wet n windy and i have been over the plot. Today i planted 8 cabbages and 8 cauliflowers in pots in propagators put one inthe window of the shed and one in the new mini greenhouse... Also i planted out 12 garlic cloves as these need a bit of cold i've put these straight into the soil and covered with glass... Phew i have been itching to plant something for about a month now :)

pots

Pots ready for cabbage n cauliflowers

Pots

These are then put in a propagator to keep them warm

Greenhouse

Then they are put outside...

Digging 17/02/2011

Made a start on digging the manure into the beds

27/02/11 Garlic

My first growth this year my garlic popping through!

Comfrey

My comfrey is starting to grow now too :)

02/03/11

Manure has now been dug in!!! Hard work....

Carrot Tub

Sandy soil where my carrots will grow

Rasberry's

Planted some rasberry plants in a row in top bed to make a bit of a border to my plot!

Cabbage

A couple of my seeds are starting to grow. These are cabbage and cauliflower...

Protection

Made this moveable cover to protect my brassica's during the season

The Plot

Near enough ready for the start of the growing season 2011

28/03/11

Planted half of my early potato's today. They were planted 4 inches deep and with a comfrey leaf under them which will give them the right nutrients to get a good start.I planted out 18 'ROCKET' and 18 'PENTLAND JAVELIN'

Potato's

4 inches deep with a Comfrey leaf under it.

Potato's

Here is one row ready to be covered in soil..

Onions

I also planted my onion set today simple stuff. Prepare the soil into a fine tilth then just pop them in with pointy bit facing up.... Sorted

Onions

One onion in situ

Rasberry's

The Autumn rasberry's are sprouting nicley..

Garlic

My garlic is coming up a treat!!

4TH APRIL 11

Popped over the plot today to dig the manure in more and ended up sowing some carrots and some radish. I also put some lettuce seeds in modules to start them off. So far i have about 5 cabbage and 4 cauliflowers which are growing nicely and some beetroot i've started off in the greenhouse. So quite a productive 3 hours :)

Cabbage/ Cauliflower

Wont be long before i plant these.

WigWam

Set up for my runner beans...

Pea Scaffolding!

Will put some wire on this so my peas grow up it...

18/04/11

Popped over the plot today just to water my seedlings and ended up planting more pea's, a courgette and my 'REDLOVE' apple tree which i won from the horticultural channel.tv. Thanks guys ;).
I also found a bee making a hive in my shed (same as last spring!) but he has now passed away ;)

Wasp

No free loaders in my shed!!

Cabbage

Will be planting these cabbage very soon.

Courgette

Kindly donated off my plot neighbour Roy whom also supplied last years courgettes thanks Roy :)

Apple Tree

And here is my prize 'redlove' apple tree which i won :)

Rasberrys

My rasberry's are flying up now.

Carrots

Carrots are starting to pop up now too!

Rasberrys

Hope to get lots of rasberry's towards the end of summer to make jam.

Radish

White icicle and red globe starting to grow.

Pea's

Sweet pea's bursting through the soil (must sort out the support for these soon.)

Rocket

The rocket first early potato's coming on .

Onions

Onions have all sprouted :)

20/04/11

Planted some cabbage i grew from seed today.

tent

covered the cabbages in this i knocked up.

Cabbages

These have perked up since yesterday.

Runner Bean

Here are some runner bean seeds which are planted 2 to a pot .... 15 pots done today :)

Runner Bean

Planted my runner bean seeds into these pots ready for May runner beans.

Comfrey

This is getting going too. will be making some comfrey tea soon to feed my veg ;)

Pea Scaffolding

Sorted the pea support with wire for the peas to climb up.

Pea's

You can nearly see them reaching for the wire now ;)

Beetroot

Some beetroot grown from seed going in the ground soon

28/04/11

'earthed up' my potato's

Beetroot

Planted some beetroot and some lettuce i grew from seed :)

Cucumber

Here is a cucumber i planted which i got off my mate Roy cheers dude.

Pea's

My peas are picking up now :)

Radish

Easy to grow radish loving the sun :)

Cabbage

Looks like its growing well :)

Runner beans

Those runner beans i planted last week are all popping up now

Courgette

A flower forming hopefuly means its taken ok....

Plot 02/05/11

Nice to see some 'greenery' again on the plot....

Comfrey

I have taken alot of leaves off this to make a 'Tea' which will feed my vegetables all season.

Mini Greenhouse

I still got things growing in greenhouse to make sure i have a succession of fresh veg instead of a glut..

Radish

The first thing i have picked this season the humble radish :)

Spuds

My potato's are looking good.

Apple Tree

Something is happening on my tree and i really hope this bud thing means that my apple tree is well....

Allotment site view

A view of our allotment site :)

Runner beans 10/05/11

Planted my runner beans which were grown from seed given to me by Bob.

Runner bean

When you plant runner beans you must secure the 'climbing shoot' to the pole and encourage the shoot to grow anti-clockwise up the pole.

Spuds

After the rain my potato's have flown up!!!

cabbage

hope these cabbage keep growing :)

Radish

I grow radish cos i love to eat it while on the plot.... dont think i ever take any home lol

Potato's

My 2nd bed of potato's is started to come through now. planted these a few weeks after my first lot so i dont get a glut all at once...

Courgette

Now the flower is dying it leaves a tiny fruit which will grow huge if i let it!!

My Shed

Inside the shed where alot of coffee n cuppa soups are drank..

My Plot 11/05/11

I love seeing it all start to grow ;)

Cabbage

Rigged this netting up to protect my cabbages from 'cabbage white butterfly' which would lay eggs on my cabbages then destroy them when they hatch!!!! Thanks to Roy whom supplied the netting :)