tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340188767848676402024-03-21T14:21:28.295-07:00My Yorkshire AllotmentWelcome to my blog this will be the start of my first growing year and my first ever blog. For some reason I've a compelling urge to share my adventure along the way. please feel free to comment and share and if there's anything you think i could do to improve it please shout up I've a lot to learn. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15110847720990045527noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34018876784867640.post-25771801355980101862013-02-17T14:16:00.000-08:002013-02-18T10:52:02.661-08:00Preparations for spring. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">Ayup, in this blog I'm going to show you all the seeds, sets & spuds I've been sowing planting and chitting in readiness for the growing season. I've had go at all sorts of things but I'm trying to keep it to things me and the family like to eat. In all fairness I may be a little early with a few things but I'm lucky enough that i can keep most things in the conservatory until its warm enough put them out and it keeps me motivated to get the plot in shape quick sharp!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The first thing which I started around Christmas time were the Onions and Garlic both of which are good for over wintering. The Onions came in sets and the Garlic in bulbs which you break down in to its individual cloves. both are super easy to do 20 mins and your done.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Onion sets i decided to start off in modules to try and give them the best possible start it dosent take long before there off and flying.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Same goes with the Garlic although they were in a big tray its the same principle the only problem was the roots got a little tangled up together.<br /><br />Then as soon as I thought they were ready I transferred them into a pre prepared bed<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPT8xqng-t0EnokSbQLaOh614bDd9jFkKVtacUHePAwlC6myU3Mtj3_X27CtaNvulEQ-1KNmXwkEFdxuLP-pSCMcE28keybj0SOsQ3TalkaUhyphenhyphenTQLE1-azibNlAs_QIlwKtkwljjsDvQ/s1600/81771BD0-14A6-4988-8264-FA7251F7DD31.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPT8xqng-t0EnokSbQLaOh614bDd9jFkKVtacUHePAwlC6myU3Mtj3_X27CtaNvulEQ-1KNmXwkEFdxuLP-pSCMcE28keybj0SOsQ3TalkaUhyphenhyphenTQLE1-azibNlAs_QIlwKtkwljjsDvQ/s640/81771BD0-14A6-4988-8264-FA7251F7DD31.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">At the same time as this I planted some in the garden borders and in a few pots outside just to see how they get on.</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">And they all look to be fairing up pretty well they've stood fast in all the crazy weather we've been having and there looking pretty good. At least the rabbits cant get there hands on them in my garden. which should spur me on to get the plot fenced and secure.</span></div>
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After I'd found these so successful I thought I'd have a go at other other onions and shallots, we do also eat a lot of them in our cooking at home so all round a good idea. but to give it a bit of a twist I'm going to be growing some "exhibition Onions" for my local show. The veriety I will be growing is "Kealsee" as these are grown by the guy whom get a lot of inspiration from @ http://www.allotment-diary.co.uk/<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This was the first sprout of what could be a<br />"champion Onion"<br /><br />These I have started off in modules just a single seed in each in a mix of compost and vermiculite.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMistBKQ98XAXmYDA3kkveZI_T7DwdlySRp6u9sekLMSKV5aXGiKmg1Cb3s-dp7Bu3UamHhFfkkIrzq6VUB14JuCSsp1hyphenhyphenA1MOtvhrUwhRtBPokJ0B69acIbaxZlH5L93jZZuS_O1CXQ/s1600/C7F793BD-F10F-4130-AA44-D5412F57C6A3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMistBKQ98XAXmYDA3kkveZI_T7DwdlySRp6u9sekLMSKV5aXGiKmg1Cb3s-dp7Bu3UamHhFfkkIrzq6VUB14JuCSsp1hyphenhyphenA1MOtvhrUwhRtBPokJ0B69acIbaxZlH5L93jZZuS_O1CXQ/s400/C7F793BD-F10F-4130-AA44-D5412F57C6A3.JPG" width="300" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKy_Hkb_Xr7ToQJNhq-fTjU2zHs8VjTfYS73sGsbJqo9V8uXz46MHiDH-NeY-WGrlmY-CdLW14ZFj5M1qGvm_cUFQY_xD_AsMlGbGQFXjh7TyqVJnTmCD5NlRVqYl-Ympknr4RMBGKg/s1600/D75FCB53-701C-42A5-8104-3B2CE894CC39.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKy_Hkb_Xr7ToQJNhq-fTjU2zHs8VjTfYS73sGsbJqo9V8uXz46MHiDH-NeY-WGrlmY-CdLW14ZFj5M1qGvm_cUFQY_xD_AsMlGbGQFXjh7TyqVJnTmCD5NlRVqYl-Ympknr4RMBGKg/s400/D75FCB53-701C-42A5-8104-3B2CE894CC39.JPG" width="400" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The shallots i have planted in individual pots as there really quite big. And I'm new to this but I thought a real bargain they were from a local Pound shop and i got 16 huge ones. I don't think you can go wrong @ that price.</span><br />
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As you can see both shallots and Onions are coming on great guns, if anything I'm not sure if the shallots are a little too far ahead?<br />
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I've got quite a few bits on the go at home here are a few pictures first off are the seeds which I've purchased there's a bit of all sorts but in the pictures are Beetroot, Alpine Strawberry's, & 4 different varieties of tomatoes. There are also some sweet peppers and Chilies (cheers Uncle Andrew) I'll keep you posted as to how all these get on over the season.<br />
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This is just a quick section I'm gonna dedicate to my asparagus which I have set off from seed. I really have no idea what I'm doing with these but the seeds were cheap so I thought why not. I've 4 Little tubs of these on the go at the minute I didn't think they were doing anything for ages then all of a sudden up thy popped and they haven't stopped since.<br />
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This is all in around 1-2 weeks so I'm looking forward to see what happens. If anyone has any good top tips on growing asparagus from seed post a comment or get in touch as I'd hate for these to end up in the compost bin.<br />
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So to finish off the last thing I'm on with is chitting my potatoes. Which I'm sure your all doing I'm hoping to get some of these into tubs by the end of the week so I'll probably do a blog on that for ya.<br />
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That's pretty much it for now if there's anything you'd like me to have a go at or some particular pictures you might want to see just let me know.<br />
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Cheers Chris.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This is what we were face with in the morning of course we shifted the asbestos straight away then set to work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">First of me and Matthew went down it the morning at around 09:00 to get it started as I'd already built it it was just a case of scrunching up a load of old newspaper and stuffing it in all the nooks and crannies and letting it go, a job which Matthew reveled in of course.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And in a flash it was off and running which left us free to do a few other much needed jobs. And as if by magic my dad turned up. One of the things which has been on the back burner for a little while has been the shed door as its a two man job with it been a pretty heavy duty fire door and there will be a bit of tweaking to do. </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u style="color: yellow; font-weight: bold;">THE COMPOST REVELATION.</u><br /><br />I then thought I'd check out the compost heap which has been there since I got the plot, well at first it was a big mound I'd tidied it all up and put all my cuttings on as I've tidied the palace up. I was just going to check it out and give it a turn over but when I got in there it was awesome stuff! loose friable just the job. All I had to do was dig it out and pick all the rubbish out, the guy before must have used it as a dumping ground there was loads of plastic, metal, bricks and stone.</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The compost heap after we'd finished it was this whole aria 3 times as big as the new box, much too big and pretty scruffy a lot better now me thinks, I also added 6 bin liners full of leaves which i asked a road sweeper for during the Autumn I've still another dozen or so at home to add as it goes down a bit. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Now then today has been a big old milestone seen as I manage to get a bonus day on the plot yesterday because the snow didn't arrive until dinnertime. Along with that as I got there so early I managed to collar the lady who brings her horse manure down to the site and she kindly put the full load on my plot Kerching!! before you start thinking that's just greedy its first come first serve and she delivers twice a week, it happens regularly and I just managed to get in first this time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Ayup, I'd just like to post about the journey so far that way everything I do from now on is up to date and you get to see what I've managed to do so far. The initial blog shows you what the plot looked like when we took it on, basically scrub land it had been left to its own devices for over a year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">After the shed build one of the first things I did was decide that I was going to use raised beds wherever possible as they are easier to maintain and much more child friendly as it should stop the kids running over everything. I could also knock a small one up just for them to plant things in. After a lot of asking and searching for the right materials ( by that I mean free or a mega bargain ) I came across these. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The construction couldn't be easier either some big screws or nails do the job. They're nice and heavy so there not going to warp or twist and as its treated timber it should last a god long time. So then with just one cut I have a bit of variation in what type of bed I end up with an 8x8 square, 8x8 split down the middle, 8x4 rectangle or one which I'm working on at the minute is going to be a long 24x4. It couldn't be easier.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="text-align: left;">One of the first things I decided to do was to build myself a new shed as from what I've been told the guy before me had the plot for 40 years and the old shed has been there for 30+ years. It's full of asbestos and thick rubber sheets and has no windows, its also pretty small and being 6ft and a smidge I have to bend down to get in and can barely</span><span style="text-align: left;"> turn round. I think 40 years ago everyone must have been tiny. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So it was decided a new shed was a must it had to be comfortable, fit for purpose, big enough to fit at least two people in it and have some windows; that was pretty much the brief I started with so here goes.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">First job was to get hold of loads of pallets luckily there building a lot of new houses next to our site and the builders were happy to supply.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My Dad did manage to get me some big heavy duty pallets for the base which were identical. I leveled off on old bricks and stone which were lying around.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We put a a tarpaulin down and set to work as the pallets are all the same size they fit together easily and the results are pretty quick they virtually stand up on there own and are really sturdy much better than a matchbox shed from B&Q.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">As you can see things soon had to be revised as I had a complaint from the committee that the shed was too big and that it looked like a chicken shed, strange as everyone who I had spoken to had said what a good idea it was recycling the pallets and it looked great. I agreed to scale it down and asked that they gave me the benefit of the doubt and to judge it when it was finished.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And this is were I'm at now. It's moved on a lot, but as ever there's still loads to do. The door for one, but that should be going on pretty soon as I've managed to get hold of an old fire door on eBay for £1.70. I've just to cut it down and fit.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15110847720990045527noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34018876784867640.post-61532510790740745142012-06-30T00:56:00.000-07:002013-02-11T06:47:26.484-08:00The Allotment so far<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Hi all, this is my first ever blog so am totally unsure of what to do and how best to go about it? so I'll give it my best shot. My blog is going to be about my allotment which I have now had for around 2 months in which time I have been tinkering strimming a little digging and sourcing / scrounging materials. This is mainly because the site I have been given is a total right off so there will be nothing much going in this year as I have to plan and build all I require. Along with getting the soil good and ready to plant next season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">These are a couple of pictures of the site after I had given it a good strim and double dug an area approx. 4x4 m which is really hard work by the way but all the guys I've talked to down there swear by the method and guarantee it's the best way to keep the weeds at bay, plus I don't really want to use any weed killer if I can help it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The next job has been to get together things needed to build a shed as I can't bring myself to buy one from the likes of B&Q; they cost a bomb and from what I can see are made of match sticks. So I've had a look around and drew some inspiration from this site:/<a href="http://summerville-novascotia.com/PalletShed/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">http://summerville-novascotia.com/PalletShed/</span></a> It's deffo worth a look.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">As of last night this is as far as we (me and my brother Matthew) got having run out of the large pallets we were using for the roof, this was unforeseen as we started building without any idea what it was going to look like we just went with the flow and went were the pallets took us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A roll and a bit of large diameter gas pipe which we intend to use for a poly tunnel.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">And some old scaffolding poles which will also be used for the building of the tunnel. Before I started this project I thought that sourcing all the materials for free would have been a real struggle, especially during these tough times. But I have been pleasantly surprised by peoples' generosity and I now firmly believe if you don't ask you're not gonna get.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This is the sort of thing I'm looking at building as regards a poly tunnel, although I think I'm going to make mine larger than the one shown and will also try and make the sides higher to create some more all round height.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">That's gonna be it for now. I will attempt to keep up to date with this and we'll see where it goes. Thanks Chris, Lydia, Teddy & Ruby (& Matthew)</span></div>
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