Looking back

I'm not sure if any one looks at this anymore as I haven't posted for a couple of years but Hello if you do. I was smiling all the way through looking back at what I posted and in some way miss it. I'm hoping i can grow a few bits at home this year (if I get time) I say that as I have new hobbies now.

Wishing all you allotmenteers a good growing year!!

beautiful sunny day

there is only one thing that could be done and thats go out in the garden. I'm taking it slow as i've had back and shoulder problems.Really there isn't alot I can do at the moment, no digging so sowing is easy. The chickens have come out of their pen and had started racking over the veg patch so though its a good time as they had done that for me.

Sowed two rows of carrots, two rows of beetroot and two rows of little gem lettuce.

In pots butternut squash and sunflower plants.

I'm back on track

As i'm writing this its a bright sunny Feb afternoon. I love this weather as I know its coming upto Spring where I can start planting seeds. Some might read this and say 'oh, i thought this was a running, exercise blog'. Well my friends i've decided I want to go back to growing veg after alot of time off last year. This is what has happened so far.

Both my allotments have gone now. After careful thought it wasn't worth keeping the other one on. The greenhouse went to a new home, so did the wheel barrow. I've got a place in the back garden and this year I hope to use it to its fullest. New compost has gone down and the small plastic greenhouse has been pulled out ready to start sowing seeds.

I'm down to my 2 good old faithful chickens who have just started laying again after Christmas as its getting warmer and longer in days. I hatched 3 boys in the end which had to go once they started crowing.

My rabbits are doing well can't believe its been over a year since i got them. I let them run around the garden when i'm about only trouble is they like to eat everything in sight. Maybe not when my veg starts growing.

Well thats it for now folks :)

One Barnevelder chick

born over night. My little lad heard chipping and scatching this morning when he got up at 6am and come to tell me. No sign of the others hatching yet.

Sunday - a Lincolnshire Buff born overnight!!

Got it wrong the day as to what breed hatched first.

Chicks getting big.

Tock the black one didn't want his picture taken and kept jumping back into the cage.

Tick and Tock are 4 weeks old now. This weekend we could have some new additions as the eggs are due to hatch Saturday. Exciting stuff!!

My strawberries have flowers

They have grown quickly since being at the allotment last couldn't believe to see the nice white flowers on the strawberry plants. I carried on weeding round the rest of the plants that I didn't do before. Only hope I get a strawberry before the birds eat them all. Think its time to fight with that netting again to cover them over. Don't you just hate netting, it tangles on nothing or finds a little twig or weed to get caught on. Netting arghhhh!!! I planted my courgettes out at the allotment as well as our back yard. Hope we don't get a frost or we will lose them. We got the greenhouse ready for the cucumbers, melons & chilli plants as they are all up and showing now. Went to Asda and brought 4 bags of compost, did my back in getting in the trolley then trying to push the trolley so won't do that again. I need alot of glass for the greenhouse as since the move we have a few broken. Its going to cost me an arm and leg as I went into one glass shop and they wanted £4.50 per sheet and I need 9. I've ordered 2 more little poly tunnels for the back yard so hoping to get my cauliflowers sown and cabbages. The hatching eggs have one more week to go. Tick and Tock had a little outing this week to visit a pre school. The children were all very excited to see them and would like them to come back in a couple of weeks so that they can see how they have grown. Right then thats about it. I'm off to soak my dried peas that i'm sowing tomorrow to eat as pea shoots and I better do my sweetcorn too as they need along time to grow. Have a good week everyone!!

Tick & Tock 13 days old