Sunday 22nd August 2010 is the date of the fourth Annual Open day at Stoke Lane Allotment Site in Gelding. Gates open at 1pm where you can see allotments of all shapes and sizes in various states, there will be a produce stall, pond dipping, a virtual bee hive to learn more about our beautiful honey Bees and a produce stall where you can buy fresh home grown produce from our allotments.
All are welcome so come along and have a look!
Monday 16 August 2010
Long time no see!
Yet again, Ooops not been posting, i'm just too busy. Well here is an update for you.
Everything is going really well, I'm getting 3 or 4 cucumbers a week of my 2 outdoor plants. The gherkin variety is not fairing so well and I might do three or four plants next year to get the volume to make it worth while pickling them. The Cherry tomatos are just begining to turn, I've got a feeling that we are going to end up looking like cherry toms this year! My plum toms are a bit disappointing, they haven't really done much, not many flowers/fruits per plant so may have to rethink the chutney stratergy! My beef toms are looking good, zach sampled the first ripe one the other day, and seeing as he refused to share i assume they tast very good! the out door toms are doing well too, although they could do with some more sunshine (please if anyone is listening up there....)
The new potatos are still coming up, although they are now huge! still tasty though. The main crop are still looking good despite the blight and i think i might give them a bit of a feed later on.
We're begining to get lost in all the beans i am bringin home at the mo, french and runner beans. they are sooooo tasty! must do more successional sowing next year so that we don't get such a glut.
The Beetroot are over now, and i am going to pickle them this or next weekend, the rocket failed miserabley, and was eaten by flea beatle. the spring onions totally failed to germinate and all my lettuce were eaten by slugs (boo hisss)
My carrots are very tasty, if a little bendy and i now have 2 parsnips that have germinated and are growning, Hooray for me!.
My strawberries have finished fruiting but they are sending out runners like mad! I have cleared he weeds and straw from 1 and a half rows and have 20 new strawberry plants in pots on my table at home (outside of course) So I am looking for homes for strawberry plants!
I'm going to get rid of my gooseberry bush. It failed to do anything last year and has failed to do anything this year, and i don't really like gooseberries, and one bush will never produce enough frutit to do anything with so its gone!
My raspeberries are ok, lost half of them but the half that survived are ok. they are meant to be a mix of summer and autumn fruiting but they all appear to be autumn fruiting, so have emailed Marshalls seeds and asked for a refund. I wanted an extended fruiting season not a glut of fruit in auguat/september.
My brassicas are a bit sad this year. I forgot to sow any brussels and didn't get round to sowing any savoy cabbage. My red cabbage look ok, as does the brocoli but the cauliflower isn't heading up, unlike the grey houd cabbage which looks very tasty indeed.
The set onions are up and stored now. Got about 50lb of white onion and around 30lb of red onion. Leeks are looking good and seem happy.
So there it is an update
Everything is going really well, I'm getting 3 or 4 cucumbers a week of my 2 outdoor plants. The gherkin variety is not fairing so well and I might do three or four plants next year to get the volume to make it worth while pickling them. The Cherry tomatos are just begining to turn, I've got a feeling that we are going to end up looking like cherry toms this year! My plum toms are a bit disappointing, they haven't really done much, not many flowers/fruits per plant so may have to rethink the chutney stratergy! My beef toms are looking good, zach sampled the first ripe one the other day, and seeing as he refused to share i assume they tast very good! the out door toms are doing well too, although they could do with some more sunshine (please if anyone is listening up there....)
The new potatos are still coming up, although they are now huge! still tasty though. The main crop are still looking good despite the blight and i think i might give them a bit of a feed later on.
We're begining to get lost in all the beans i am bringin home at the mo, french and runner beans. they are sooooo tasty! must do more successional sowing next year so that we don't get such a glut.
The Beetroot are over now, and i am going to pickle them this or next weekend, the rocket failed miserabley, and was eaten by flea beatle. the spring onions totally failed to germinate and all my lettuce were eaten by slugs (boo hisss)
My carrots are very tasty, if a little bendy and i now have 2 parsnips that have germinated and are growning, Hooray for me!.
My strawberries have finished fruiting but they are sending out runners like mad! I have cleared he weeds and straw from 1 and a half rows and have 20 new strawberry plants in pots on my table at home (outside of course) So I am looking for homes for strawberry plants!
I'm going to get rid of my gooseberry bush. It failed to do anything last year and has failed to do anything this year, and i don't really like gooseberries, and one bush will never produce enough frutit to do anything with so its gone!
My raspeberries are ok, lost half of them but the half that survived are ok. they are meant to be a mix of summer and autumn fruiting but they all appear to be autumn fruiting, so have emailed Marshalls seeds and asked for a refund. I wanted an extended fruiting season not a glut of fruit in auguat/september.
My brassicas are a bit sad this year. I forgot to sow any brussels and didn't get round to sowing any savoy cabbage. My red cabbage look ok, as does the brocoli but the cauliflower isn't heading up, unlike the grey houd cabbage which looks very tasty indeed.
The set onions are up and stored now. Got about 50lb of white onion and around 30lb of red onion. Leeks are looking good and seem happy.
So there it is an update
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