[Paul Plots]

Dismantled a large cold-frame and transported it to the new garden.

[brightgirls]

Ah the joys of digging.  Pulled back some of tarpaulin and dug over a new section of ground. 

I found a massive "thing" which took us about 15 minutes to dig and scope out.  Can anyone tell me what it is... see photo. 

Garlic is very disappointing and slow with hardly any sprouting... and yet I am reading other posts saying other peoples garlic is growing a treat...  have i done something wrong !! 

An ejoyable morning....  but would love some help on the issues above. 

[snowdrops]

It looks like it could be dock roots or horseradish have you any leaves to show us?

[rowlandwells]

took a trailer load of horse dung down the Lottie left over from the other day when i got soaking wet on my return home  as my tractor has no cab and i didn't take a mack or coat  no fool like an old fool comes to mind

the ground is getting quite wet now and ime making deep ruts driving on it will need to spread the dung another day can't complain 2 good loads and free

hopefully if the weathers not to bad i can plough the other Lottie ready for my potato crop next season fingers crossed

[brightgirls]

Hi Snowdrop - sorry no leaves....

[gavinjconway]

Busy afternoon today... erected 10 building site fence panels. I have blagged enough to almost fence my whole plot.. more coming next year when the building site raps up..  Tomorrow do another 6 panels along with getting more raised pathway done...

My "construction site" is slowly taking shape..  As previously said I'm doing all the big work first then will concentrate on the digging..

[DigIt]

Ah the joys of digging.  Pulled back some of tarpaulin and dug over a new section of ground. 

I found a massive "thing" which took us about 15 minutes to dig and scope out.  Can anyone tell me what it is... see photo. 

Garlic is very disappointing and slow with hardly any sprouting... and yet I am reading other posts saying other peoples garlic is growing a treat...  have i done something wrong !! 

An ejoyable morning....  but would love some help on the issues above. 

Re : Garlic.  How long has it been in?

Mine planted 2/10 are well on
Those planted 5/11 only just showing.

Hope that helps
DigIt

[DigIt]

Had an hour late muck spreading.
I think most of it is now done apart from areas where crops are still in situ.
Also mulched the asparagus bed.

Was 1645 when I finished and despite being quite overcast, it was still quite light enough to work.

Came home with a Savoy and a bunch of spring onions for tea tonight.

[gavinjconway]

Garlic is very disappointing and slow with hardly any sprouting... and yet I am reading other posts saying other peoples garlic is growing a treat...  have i done something wrong !! 

Some of mine I planted about 6 weeks ago is up and growing really well in their pots.  Other that were planted 2 weeks later are only just starting to poke thru.   

So don't worry It will grow... garlic prefer to grow than die!! 

[Paul Plots]

We had yet another bonfire (3rd this year) to rid ourselves of another huge heap of prunings.

We are now two-thirds of the way down the garden and ready to tackle the trees that obscure the light from, what I hope will become, the new veg patch.

I just need to drop next-door and talk to Norman about his forest landscape and establish where the garden boundary is. 

Sometime soon I really must go and visit my plot. 

[brightgirls]

Ah the joys of digging.  Pulled back some of tarpaulin and dug over a new section of ground. 

I found a massive "thing" which took us about 15 minutes to dig and scope out.  Can anyone tell me what it is... see photo. 

Garlic is very disappointing and slow with hardly any sprouting... and yet I am reading other posts saying other peoples garlic is growing a treat...  have i done something wrong !! 

An ejoyable morning....  but would love some help on the issues above. 

Re : Garlic.  How long has it been in?

Mine planted 2/10 are well on
Those planted 5/11 only just showing.

Hope that helps
DigIt

Planted Lautrec Garlic and Albigensianwight garlic 29th Oct.  The lautrec have only just started to show some growth (tiny bit) whilst the Albigensian has sighly more growth but hardly any really...   

[shoozie]

After lifting the last cabbage, cleared away the netting round the plot.  General tidy up outside and in the greenhouse. 

[mumofstig]

Planted Lautrec Garlic and Albigensianwight garlic 29th Oct.  The lautrec have only just started to show some growth (tiny bit) whilst the Albigensian has sighly more growth but hardly any really...   

They'll be fine, they spend a lot of time making roots 

[Hesse2509]

Did absolutely nothing all weekend down to three and eleven twelfths year old who seems to have forgotten how to behave. Wifey wanted nothing to do with him, and as he sees a trip down the allotment (where I had planned for a bonfire and toasted marshmallows) as a treat I ended up getting punished for his misdemeanours too. 

Am currently studying the rules on my tenancy for bonfires after dark as I need to urgently get one of my compost bays cleared of dried bramble, old roots etc in time for a delivery of 40 sacks of the finest black gold next weekend.

[gavinjconway]

Finished erecting the fence panels, removed and disposed of all the broken bricks, finished the raised centre pathway, sorted out the left over pallets for burning.. Now for a big bonfire!!

A long day was had but it looks like a plot now and not a construction site!!