A few piccys from last weekend.

The rain did stop for us to at least get the paths strimmed down and to sow a few more seeds , but thats about it.

Im constantly wishing i had more time to spend down there but im slowly realising that at some point we'll be spending even less time rather than more time down there so the easier i make it the better.

Some of the people on the lottie have absolutley beautifull plots but thats when they have all day to devote to them, which we havent, theres no way i could ever give it up now, its my little bit of piece and quiet, but i have realised that its never going to be one of these plots where everythings all shipsahpe and bristol fashion!!!!

the fruit Bushes seem to be growing ok, and the cage we built seems to be keeping the birds off our fruit. Theyre going slow but sure, i think next year ill onvest in some bigger plants though, we only bought some very cheap ones so see how they did but My father in laws have taken off at a fabulus rate so thats the next plan me thinks......

One piccy shows the red onions which we were supposed to storing but we got greedy, (i also gave them an accidental haircut with the strimmer whooops!!!)

Another piccy shows the cabbges (golden acre) which seem to changing thier colour, which Paul from over the road assures me its because of the dodgy weather ( he'd better be right....)

The second plot is still being very slowley dug, but ive decided to join the long, slim narrow beds together to make a much wider one. At the mo ive got lettuces, toms and pepper in there as well as some 2nd early pots.

Bloody rain!!!!

I am so sick and tired of the rain!

im usually the first one to go out in the rain and i love going out walking in it, and its brillaint for saving all the hassle of watering the plot, but now its getting ridiculous.

Our back gardens looking more like a bog than it did in the winter, and our poor onions are sitting in an inch of water, theyre just holding thier own at the moment as its having just enough time to dry before raining again, or else they would go rotten.

weve got the week off this week, and i had planned to spend a lovley few days down there, just strimming the grass and geting a few more beds dug out, but theres no chance of that, and the grass in the gardens looking like no one owns it!!!

Ok, now breathe!.....

Well the broad beans are just holding on, and despite not looking the best beans in the world have provided us with a decent crop.

We have just lifted our first lot of spuds, (arran pilot) and theyre looking good, although not a huge amount, but thats mainly my fault, for digging the new beds far too narrow, so the poor spuds cant stretch thier legs!

The spinach, beetroot,runners,lettuce, radish are doing well too.

Ive noticed a few more things not growing so well tho this year.

Ive tried so hard with our carrots (F1 flyaway) which we had a brilliant crop of last year, and this year i made sure the soil was nice and crumbly and lovley for growing em, but all ive had is a couple show themselves.

The spring onions really dont want to grow in situ on our plot either, ive sown endless amounts and have given up now, so i grow em in the greenhouse and then carefully transplant em into thire final position.

If only the rain would stop! then the slugs wouldnt be beating me into submission GRRRRRRR!!!

After alls said and done though i will not give up, coz as soon as that sun shines, and the soil is workable again, and the grass is nice and dry for sitting on, ill love it all over again!!!!!!

All good things........

The weathers started to cheer up, the birds are singing (and starting to use our nestbox) and its lovley jubly!!!!!!It's allways this time of year that I start looking around for bits and bobs that can be used for the lottie.I've allready asked the ladys at work to let me know if anyone has any old windows or doors as we're trying to build a coldframe. Im also asking them to save me all thier loo rolls so i can plant my sweet peas and more runner beans...ive never been so pleased to finish a loo roll more!!!!! (sad, me?)

I love this time of year, when you can plan what your going to sow , where youre going to put it, what you want to build, what youre going to take to eat and all the people youre going to chat to.Well the greenhouse is now chock-a-block full of veggies just waiting to get planted out and they need to go out soon so i have room for my flowers too!We have dug that much allready that my legs are aching non stop, and its took a fair few weeks to get back into the swing of things, i must have gotten sooo unfit over the winter!The broad beans have gone in and so have the first earlies (arran pilot) and now im just finding time to finish digging the beds over to sow all the rest of the stuff.

The second plot we have took on is proving to be a challenge, but we are getting there. we have dug three beds out so far, although I think we have made them too narrow so we shall have to join the two togehter when we have more time...what a joke hahahahaha!!!

Back to normal, but married!

Well its been a long time getting this blogger updated.Me and Bri have still been managing to get down to the lottie, and for our first year we have had a fantastic year veg wise, but the last couple of months have been really busy with the wedding plans and all that. Its been so worth it as we have had the best day of our lives, and seeing all our family, friends and all my custommers there was fantastic!
But it is so nice to be able to chill out a little bit now, even though im now dying to get spending all my extra pennys on stuff for the lottie, im gonna have to be good for a wee while longer.
Im still trying to get the hang of this rotation thing and ive wrote down the main bits to be aware of, and ive sorted out all our beds for next year, the only thing thats bothering me, is if i want to grow something else, which of course im going to want to, where on earth do i put it, it will bugger up my rotation thingy !!
ahh sod it for now.
anyway, i think one of the main things we could do with investing in is a little strimmer, coz im so sick and tired of when the grass grows along the paths. Ive put some of that membrane stuff down, and it does do the trick to begin with but the bloody grass still grows!
the second plot we have taken on is comming along slow but sure, now we have a bit more time we shall be able to start getting more beds dug out.
There has also been a big surge of people taking plots on by us too, which is great.It was very quiet at first but now theres allways someone there to chat to.
There has been a poor woman who has had her shed burnt down twice though since we have been there and shes such a lovley lady i feel so sorry for her. She would give you anything, and is allways sharing her seeds out and dividing her plants out, so heres hoping she stays bless her.x
well i had better go and take some more piccys now that we have dug up most of our produce, and the poor beds look more like empty graves again heheh!!!

mutant tomatoes!!!!!

Went down to the lottie today to give everything a bit of a water and to do kens plot too as he,s away a week and we noticed our beefsteak toms have mutated i think!!!!!
Its the best thing in the world to just pop down and pick some spinach, or beetroot for your tea....or a mutant tomato or two!....the red bits still tasted good though hehehh.xxx

hiya all! we finally have a new computer which is taking me ages to get to grips with so if my spelling pants just ignore it!!!
the lottie is comming along briilliant, but due to the mega hot weather its taking a real load of effort to get it watered as much as possible.
theres so much comming up, and so much that has gone allready, the peas were lovley while they lasted, but unfortunatly never even made it home! now the sugar snaps are making an entrance, the beetroot ,perpetual spinach,and swede are regular favorites too.
the second plot we took is comming along too, slowley but surely, as its been so hot, i can only manage to dig a bit then my red wine calls me and i have to sit and chill out with a fag!
we have planted a large bed on the second plot with tons of strawberrys, and have put some corgettes and butternut squash in some grow bags too.
our onions allthough small are a real hit too, we use so many of them in our cooking i will definatley be taking two beds up with those nextyear and with the garlic too, our washing line looks hilarious though as im hanging them out on the line to dry out before storing them, bugger the washing!!!!!!!!
our spud experiment seems to be going well too. we just put some cardboard down, covered with with muck and compost, and black plastic and dropped some spuds in and theyre comming up a treat!

computers down....arggggggggggggggggggg!!!!

god im goin insane! our computer has finally bit the dust and im sat twidlling me fingers without one!
ahh well theres loads of work to do down at the lottie, but we have took so many piccys, im dying to upload em onto here, never mind ill get round to it.
everything comming up brilliant, weve got cabbage, peas, sugar snaps,brussels...and more and more, its fantastic, our runner beans have been stunted a bit as i think we put them out a bit too early , but they are comming along slowley.
the second plot we have took on is comming along slowely too, but were doing it a biot at a time, rather than knackering ourselves out and then not bothering, id like to leave a bit empty so i can sow some wild flower seeds.
we dug up our first batch of spuds last week and they were delicious, and along with that some spinach, rocket and peas!
so with all of that and prepariong for the iminent wedding in september, im a busy bee hehehe!!!!!. xxxxxxxxxx

computers down....arggggggggggggggggggg!!!!

god im goin insane! our computer has finally bit the dust and im sat twidlling me fingers without one!
ahh well theres loads of work to do down at the lottie, but we have took so many piccys, im dying to upload em onto here, never mind ill get round to it.
everything comming up brilliant, weve got cabbage, peas, sugar snaps,brussels...and more and more, its fantastic, our runner beans have been stunted a bit as i think we put them out a bit too early , but they are comming along slowley.
the second plot we have took on is comming along slowely too, but were doing it a biot at a time, rather than knackering ourselves out and then not bothering, id like to leave a bit empty so i can sow some wild flower seeds.
we dug up our first batch of spuds last week and they were delicious, and along with that some spinach, rocket and peas!
so with all of that and prepariong for the iminent wedding in september, im a busy bee hehehe!!!!!. xxxxxxxxxx