Posted by Martyn Norris on Tuesday, July 5, 2011,
In :
Allotment
So
I have finally got round to it, well, to starting doing it anyway. As
with most things that involve plants, it's a work in progress.
In my last post on here, which was a while ago, I said that I was going
to do some Guerilla Allotmenteering (whilst I fully understand that
that is not a word it is fun to say) in some of the tree pits near my
house. At the time of (one fingered) typing that post I didn't have any
plants to go in it and that is why it has taken so long to make a start ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Martyn Norris on Monday, September 20, 2010,
Does anyone one have any recipes to use up a lot of cherry
tomatoes? It seems my experiment with a blight free tom
has gone quite well. Seriously, I have fuck loads (I believe that is the
expression I heard them use on Gardener's World.) and I made BBQ sauce and some
tomato sauce for storing on Saturday but the BBQ one demanded skinning of the
tomatoes which became very boring very quickly. It is very tasty though, do you
want to rec...
Posted by Martyn Norris on Wednesday, May 19, 2010,
Beans are quite easy to grow. We all know this. You take a dried husk of a thing, put it in some compost and then about 2 weeks later up it comes, raring to grow.
This has always been my experience of them anyway up until this year. This year I have had no end of problem with mine and it is mostly my fault.
I am what could be described as an inpatient gardener. When March turns up I like to get pretty much everything going. Tougher seeds are planted at the allotment, parsnips and early ca...
Posted by Martyn Norris on Thursday, April 22, 2010,
In my joy at the my first asparagus spear on Monday you may have missed that I planted out my peas and beans.
I thought that it was warm enough at night for my beans, even when I was questioned about it by my friend Liz I arrogantly stated that they would by fine. Oh how wrong I was.
I popped down today to water my seeds, no rain for at least a fortnight, and was greeted with this,
Dead beans. Probably frozen to death like Captain Scott's co-workers.
Oh well, a mistake was made and w... Continue reading ...
Posted by Martyn Norris on Monday, April 19, 2010,
I could go on and on about what I’ve planted and what I’ve done
at the allotment (peas and beans by the way) but that would be boring and not
as important as this,
That, Ladies and Gentlemen, is my first ever spear of Asparagus.
Oh yes, I planted the bed last year and now it is paying dividend. I am so very
proud.
Let’s just look at that again,
When it is ready I am going to enjoy it soooooooo much.
Posted by Martyn Norris on Monday, November 16, 2009,
I want to start with a
question, (I do that quite a lot I’ve noticed. Should stop) have you ever seen
a mole alive? I ask because I’ve just got back from the allotment where I found
yet another dead mole. I find at least one a year. They are very pretty and
soft looking but they are always dead. Are moles ever actually alive or was this mole just playing dead? You
know, with the maggots being in on the joke and stuff.
Posted by Martyn Norris on Saturday, August 15, 2009,
I come before you saddened.
I haven't managed to get to the
allotment since the beginning of the week so, after work and a visit
to my Nan's and watching Significant Other washing her car, I made
the effort to get there to water my strawberries and pick a little.
One or two lovely bright red
strawberries had been ignored by the birds and therefore left for me.
I can assure you that there is nothing nicer than a freshly picked,
sun warmed strawberry. The sweetness. The juiciness. ...
