That's what happens when you're pushing a wheelbarrow down a slope, the slope is "reet clarty" and your feet go from under you. And you lurch sideways through the raspberry patch and come to rest sitting in the contents of the wheelbarrow. Yep, you guessed it. Manure.
Hey Ho.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Done it now!
Those of you who have been reading this blog for a long time will know that it's masthead has had the aspiration to become a vineyard almost from the beginning, along with a stern Memo to Self to get on and actually buy some vines.
The plot itself could hardly be better. It faces due south, gets all the sun, is sheltered behind by a bank of huge trees but is open enough for plenty of air circulation. And it drains freely. What have I been waiting for? Not sure, actually. But I do believe, without in any way being a fatalist, that things happen when it's the right time for them to happen.
Well, today must be the right time because I finally did something about it.
10 Rondo red grapevines are on order from Marshalls, for delivery in late Feb to early March. I could have got 25 for not much more money from another supplier but that would have tipped me over the edge from being an "allotment with vines" to a micro-vineyard. Perhaps a bridge too far at this stage! And the Council would no doubt have had a view.
Anyway, that's another strand of allotment life to report on in 2012. More later.
The plot itself could hardly be better. It faces due south, gets all the sun, is sheltered behind by a bank of huge trees but is open enough for plenty of air circulation. And it drains freely. What have I been waiting for? Not sure, actually. But I do believe, without in any way being a fatalist, that things happen when it's the right time for them to happen.
Well, today must be the right time because I finally did something about it.
10 Rondo red grapevines are on order from Marshalls, for delivery in late Feb to early March. I could have got 25 for not much more money from another supplier but that would have tipped me over the edge from being an "allotment with vines" to a micro-vineyard. Perhaps a bridge too far at this stage! And the Council would no doubt have had a view.
Anyway, that's another strand of allotment life to report on in 2012. More later.
Monday, January 02, 2012
2011 - Good Year or Disaster?
On balance, a Good Year.
Things I'd been on the point of giving up on finally came good.
So who was in the Hall of Fame? Step forward proudly:
Plums, Sloes, Onions, Asparagus, Strawberries. Leeks were good too, but then they always are.
And I finally gave it all some much-needed manure. Need some more now!
And who was in the Hall of Shame? Slink forward with your heads hung low:
Peas, Beans (a pretty mixed year for everyone I think), Cucumbers (what were you thinking of, Cucumbers?; pathetic) and Kale. I really miss not having Kale (yeah, I know, get a life) but a combination of me sowing it late, it germinating slowly and Cabbage Whiteys feasting on it meant it never made it through the summer.
But 2012 will be better. It's gotta be; I'm retired now. No excuses; Onward and Upward!!!
Things I'd been on the point of giving up on finally came good.
So who was in the Hall of Fame? Step forward proudly:
Plums, Sloes, Onions, Asparagus, Strawberries. Leeks were good too, but then they always are.
And I finally gave it all some much-needed manure. Need some more now!
And who was in the Hall of Shame? Slink forward with your heads hung low:
Peas, Beans (a pretty mixed year for everyone I think), Cucumbers (what were you thinking of, Cucumbers?; pathetic) and Kale. I really miss not having Kale (yeah, I know, get a life) but a combination of me sowing it late, it germinating slowly and Cabbage Whiteys feasting on it meant it never made it through the summer.
But 2012 will be better. It's gotta be; I'm retired now. No excuses; Onward and Upward!!!
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