What I did on the plot today - 2011

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stompy

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2475 on: October 26, 2011, 10:35 »
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Hell yeah! Got both machines with quarter price to compare with other shop   And they both working   Just filled up and both engines start from second pull

Great news Vit.
Any chance of a few pics of your land?
I bet it looks different to our allotments  :)

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2476 on: October 26, 2011, 13:35 »
Yeah, can do some pics, but not today - already dark here  :D Ummm place, where i living, placed in mountains, so definately different and leased land is... i would say similar, but size is about 2000sq m, same as most "farms" around. Absolutely flat, sandy soil without stones. pH little bit low(5.5-5.8), but it's normal here.

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2477 on: October 26, 2011, 13:40 »
What time is it there?

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2478 on: October 26, 2011, 14:46 »
Watered the poly tunnel, picked some salad, and discovered going to the allotment at lunch time in your work shoes after heavy rain is not a good idea.

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2479 on: October 26, 2011, 18:57 »
Piled all the odd planks from the pallets I've not used, raked up all the shrubbery I've cleared out, raked the weeds I've dug up, got some paraffin and poured it all over.  Then had a bonfire... my new plot is looking a lot tidier now!!  :D
Now a member of the 10 Ton club.... 2013  harvested 588 Kg from 165 sq mt..

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2480 on: October 26, 2011, 23:51 »
What time is it there?
GMT+9

Fresh morning here, weather forcast reported, that temperature is like end of november. Something like +12 or so  :D Sun shining, sky is clear. Picked up few late tomatoes, some peppers, broccoli and basil. Time to go to another plot, so see you later  :D

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2481 on: October 27, 2011, 10:02 »
Picked the last handful of runner beans and the last sweetcorn cob (been a funny year!) - hoiked out both sets of plants, chopped them up, and put them in the compost bin (there's gratitude for you!)   ::)
Sow your seeds, plant your plants. What's the difference? A couple of weeks or more when answering possible queries!

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2482 on: October 27, 2011, 13:16 »
picked four giant savoys chopped and bagged and froze 23lb in weight  :D   then discovered that ive lost my wedding ring up the lotty   :wub:

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2483 on: October 27, 2011, 22:29 »
Found a few Japonica Quince bushes with fruit on and some free apples on my rounds today. Busy making jelly right now!!

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2484 on: October 28, 2011, 18:19 »
Continued to lay manure over the new bed I have recently dug over. Helped OH put up fencing at the back of the plot.
Jenny

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2485 on: October 29, 2011, 20:30 »
Picked some more cavolo nero and leeks and believe it or not some peas still just about going.  Added the remains of the courgettes to the compost heap.  Planted the overwintering onions.  Had a bonfire that was reluctant to get going and we are now quite smoked...  Decided where to put a poly tunnel and to build that instead of having a greenhouse.  Had a chat with other plot holders.

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2486 on: October 29, 2011, 20:44 »
cleared the manky brassica leaves to the compost bin, and picked a big swede and a parsnip to go with the Sunday roast ;) and a small celeriac for soups this week.

Weeded a bit of the onion bed.

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2487 on: October 29, 2011, 21:54 »
fitted some home-made plumbing on my greenhouse roof gutters for harvesting rainwater into my big 1000 lt IBC tank... still waiting for the tank from a friend :(

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2488 on: October 29, 2011, 22:10 »
I went there...that was a good start!  :)

Lifted 90 wallflowers (Scarlet Bedder), dug over the patch they were in adding compost as I went... so that's one space sorted.

Pulled some beetroot, cut some kale and carefully collected a cute bunch of chrysanths.  :)


At home... dug two new beds over at the bungalow, piled up the  s*o*ds (bet this word gets zapped or intercepted..It did. I'm not using naughty words!! Honnest!) next to the new compost heap and plonked some stepping stones across the middle lawn.

We're getting there. Wallflowers in tomorrow!
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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2489 on: October 30, 2011, 14:52 »
I cleared out my compost bin as it was jumping about -  I think it was 2 mice in there that were about 3-4 inches long, with a tail, about 1 inch thick body.  Just spead it staight on top of some ground I've cleared for planting rasberry bushes arriving soon.  I'm now having a dilemma whether to have a bin or not?


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