Saturday 4 May 2013

spring has sprung

SPRING AND SUMMER  HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED AT BOG END...TOGETHER!!
  I HAVE SEEDLINGS IN MY POTTING SHED,GREEN HOUSE AND ON MY KITCHEN WINDOWSILL
. I HAD A FEW DISASTERS WITH MY TOMATOE SEEDS WHICH FAILED AFTER 3 ATTEMPTS.
MY FIRST WERE PLANTED TOO DEEP (ACCORDING TO THE GREAT MONTY DON) SO A 2ND BATCH WERE PLANTED ONLY TO DO NOTHING . MY 3RD WERE IN A PLASTIC GREENHOUSE WHICH WAS BATTERED BY HIGH WINDS. NO DOUBT THERE WILL BE TOMATOES GROWING WILD AROUND THE ALLOTMENTS.
MY ALLOTMENT NEIGHBOUR CARL GAVE ME A TRAY OF TINY SEEDLINGS WHICH TOOK OFF AT GREAT SPEED.ALONG WITH OTHER MINI PLANTS.
 IN THE MEANTIME I DISCOVERED MY FAILED BATCH HAD DECIDED TO SPROUT SO NOW I HAVE A MASS OF MINI TOMATO PLANTS.SO I GAVE 18 BACK TO CARL .
 I HAVE CABBAGES,CAULIFLOWERS,KALE,DWARF GREEN BEANS,GARLIC RED & WHITE ONIONS AND GARLIC PLANTED OUTSIDE.ALL DOING WELL-FINGERS CROSSED.
THE PEAS I PLANTED FROM SEEDS DID WELL BUT DISAPPEARED OVERNIGHT. I WAS TOLD IT WAS PROBABLY MICE BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE SOME SORT OF GRUB IN THE SOIL-THO THE BEANS PLANTED NEXT TO THEM DID GREAT.
TODAY I SOWED MORE PARSNIP SEEDS AND RUNNER BEANS.IVE USED GROW BAGS ON TOP OF THE SOIL BECAUSE ITS SO POOR. ITS ALSO DRY AS A BONE.LAST YEAR I WAS PRACTICALLY UNDER WATER!! 
IVE ALSO PLANTED OUT WILD FLOWER SEEDS AND BULBS TO ADD MORE HEIGHT AND COLOUR TO BOG END.
I WANT A 'PRETTY' PLOT WITH LOTS OF VEG,SO THAT ITS SOMETHING NICE TO LOOK AT WHEN IM JUST CHILLING OR READING.
ITS MY ESCAPE FROM HOME-THO ITS ONLY 2 MINS AWAY...BUT TOO FAR FOR ME TO HEAR ANY SHOUTS FROM THE BACK GARDEN.
MY LITTLE GARDEN AT HOME HAS BEEN NEGLECTED FOR A WHILE SO IM TRYING TO BRING THAT UP TO SCRATCH NOW AS WELL.
HAPPY GARDENING TO ALL-LETS HOPE THE WARM WEATHER STAYS TIL AT LEAST EARLY WINTER. 

No comments:

Post a Comment