earthwoman's Journal
Overview
Journal
Plantings
Swap List
Wish ListShow All | Journal Entries | Questions
Loading journals...-
06 Apr 2008Slugs Bite Back Lotty gardenCloudy 9°C / 48°F
I knew those darn slugs would mount some kind of retaliatory assault. This little clump of useless stalks is all that remains of a healthy French Parsley specimen I planted last weekend.
They’ve also been along the line of brassica seedlings under the environmesh and eaten every last one of...
-
05 Apr 2008Snow Capped Broad Bean 'Aquadulce' and Lotty gardenSnow 0°C / 32°F
Had to go down to the plot today to knock the snow off the beans – worried about how they’ll cope as I have no means of protecting them anymore.
-
30 Mar 2008March Progress 1 Lotty gardenCloudy 9°C / 48°F
Progress report for March.
March has been a wash out weather wise and we even managed a bit of snow. A little creative jiggery pokery with my annual leave arrangements has enabled me to make the most of the very occasional dry spell to get on the plot and the results have been satisfying:
All s...
-
29 Mar 2008Murder Most Horrid Lotty gardenoday it was time to face facts. The local frog population have obviously snubbed my pond and the slugs that I have been saving as amphibian delicacies have been having a whale of a time in my compost bin, procreating merrily and sniggering behind my back. Something clearly needs to be done if I e...Overcast 8°C / 46°F
-
26 Mar 2008Stolen Time Lotty gardenOvercast 8°C / 46°F
The weekend forecast is pretty dismal again so when I woke this morning to glorious sunshine I thought it was too good to waste and quickly swapped my annual leave arrangements. By 9am I was out on the riverbank, squeezing in another neglected pastime by running to the plot.
Typically, when I arr...
-
20 Mar 2008Frost Fear Sparks InsanityOvercast 8°C / 46°F
he trouble with early Easter breaks is the tendency of the British weather to thwart any and all gardening plans. You wouldn’t believe how much work I had scheduled for this extended weekend, I was going to turn my plot into a prize winning specimen based on this weekends labour alone. Inst...
-
06 Mar 2008Sunglasses RequiredOvercast 8°C / 46°F
I went to Shakti’s house yesterday to see how the seedlings were, I thought they’d be drying out and need a little freshening up, but how wrong could I be?
She has taken this nurturing responsibility very seriously. I found her sitting in the brightest house in the neighbourhood, tryi...
-
29 Feb 2008Broad Bees 1windy 10°C / 50°F
A virus of some sort is doing the rounds of my body at the moment so I’m not fit for much, but it’s hard to let the weekend go by without a trip to the lotty. It’s been so windy recently that I needed to see how the uncovered broad beans were doing and water the sweet pea seedli...
-
23 Feb 2008Pea Stakes Pea 'Feltham First' and Lotty gardenOvercast 6°C / 43°F
They are big enough to require some stakes now.
-
23 Feb 2008Going Hungry Lotty gardenSunny 8°C / 46°F
I gave myself a day off the running so I could enjoy another leisurely session on the plot. I carried on where I left off yesterday and weeded most of the remaining beds. The peas are getting a bit lanky as well so I stuck some titchy sticks in to keep them on the straight and narrow til the weat...
Buzz buzz buzz!
Listen in on the Grapevine