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Allotment Diary February 2007

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Wednesday 28th February
Mum and dad weeded on bottom plot near fire and did some reinforcing with canes to perspex as wind was bending it. Replaced one of the screws in the door transem for a larger one. Very windy again, ground still quite wet.

Monday 26th February
We started off the mushroom kit by putting the clear bag of compost into the polystyrene. Me, mum and dad went to the allotment to get some smaller (3”) pots to plant tomatoes and chilli peppers on the window sill at home. We were going to plant some more onion sets, but the ground was far too waterlogged at the allotment. Planted 14 Ailsa Craig (normal tomato), 14 Gardeners Delight (cherry tomato) and 12 Hot Stuff chilli peppers. Me and dad then took cuttings from the Rosemary and dug up a small amount of mint to grow on to move to the allotment later in the year.


Tomatoes on kitchen windowsill Tomatoes on windowsillChilli peppers on windowsill Radish in the garden.

Friday 23rd February
Mum and dad bought some radish seeds.

Potatoes chitting in the porch at home.

Thursday 22nd February
Me and dad went to the plot to get some compost, pots and egg boxes to chit the potatoes and start off some chilli peppers and tomatoes at home. For first early we have Pentland Javelin and there are 56 tubers, Second early Nadine there are 68 tubers, late second early Wilja there are 33 tubers. Looks like we have more than the 3 rows I had planned for. Luckily there was lots of room on this half plot in my planning!

Tuesday 20th February
Mum and dad did some weeding on the top and bottom plots.

Monday 19th February
Mum and dad took the door off tall greenhouse and moved the transems, to accommodate 24” square glass. They then rehung the door and put in two pieces of 24” square glass and a piece of perspex 24” by 10”.

Sunday 18th February
Me, mum and dad went to the plot in the afternoon, weeded more on top plot and I had a little bit of a fire.

Saturday 17th February
Mum and dad weeded on the top plot and moved the black matting.

Thursday 15th February
Mum and dad weeded under the black matting on the top plot.

Tuesday 13th February
Mum harvested salad leaf and mum and dad weeded underneath the black matting on the top plot.

Middle plot up to the spring cabbage Middle plot across fruit bed to shedLooking across the plots From middle plot to the greenhouses.

Sunday 11th February
Mum and dad walked down the back, was extremely waterlogged to harvest the last of the sprouts and put spent plants in the compost.

Tuesday 6th February
Mum and dad weeded a little on the bottom plot and dug up spinach plants and put in compost.

Monday 5th February
Mum and dad weeded on the bottom plot and harvested the last of the leeks and parsnips.

Sunday 4th February
Me and dad went down and checked all was fine.

Friday 2nd February
Mum weeded on top plot and harvested the last of the turnips and a few leeks. Dad finished screwing the greenhouse to the base through the hook tabs and weeded on the bottom plot.

Thursday 1st February
Mum finished weeding the strawberry bed and transplanted six of the Karen strawberry plants. Dad put some hooks up in the shed and started screwing the greenhouse to the base through the hook tabs. Put some more “w” clips on the greenhouse glass. Harvested some turnips and sprouts.