Coming on nice

The chicks are 4 and a half weeks old now and coming on very well, surprising how quick they grow, mum must be looking after them well.

Looks like we have a cock and two hens judging by the prominent comb on one of them.  Really pleased with our first effort, it was always the intention to let nature take it's course as much as possible, and hasn't mother nature done a great job!

First Harvest Box

First of many (i hope) harvest boxes from plot 71 on Twitpic

Pulled a few onions and early potatoes up today with young Roberts assistance, hopefully the first of many boxes I'll be taking home this year

Caught up with the weeds....for now

Well it's took nearly two weeks to catch up on a weeks worth of weed growth, but we are there at last. Got more stuff out of the greenhouse into the ground as well as tomatoes, cucumber & melons all in position inside the greenhouse. Everything seems to be filling out and shooting up now so visually the plot is changing by the day...........exciting times now waiting to see what we get from the ground

From the chicken shed

Back at home in the chicken shed (bantams to be precise) we have had a broody hen sitting on eggs for the last 23 days and today was the day they decided to break free from their shells, as I write one is still in there but we can here it chirping from inside. Just wanted to share the photo's.

Time for another (overdue) catch up

Not a lot apart from sowing seeds and watering has been done for the last 4 or 5 weeks since the last blog. The hard work is done, just weeding, weeding, watering and weeding really right now. Lots of young seedlings and plants in the greenhouse which will go out in a couple of weeks when I return from holiday.

Did put some young brasica's out a couple of weeks ago unprotected, and guess what, the birds had a feast, so seeds sowed again, netting purchased and I'll try again in a couple of weeks, all part of the learning curve I suppose.

Also disappointed with my rhubarb as it spectacularly bolted and went to seed so looks like no rhubarb this year, oh well, two young crowns sown and also a packet of seed sown so plenty of rhubarb in the future.



You can begin to see that things are coming along now, slabs and sleepers obtained from family members are being put to good use, potatoes are coming through and the onioins and garlic are really pushing on, what can not be seen in these pics are the young seedlings pushing through.

Time for a catch up

Sowed a few seeds outdoors over the last week or so, the kids have been up and started their own veg patches too.

As well as that I have been offered a load of slabs which I have transported half of to the plot so far and some sleepers which I am awaiting delivery of.

The slabs so far have provided hard standing for the car and an extended patio area outside the shed, the remainder of the slabs yet to arrive will provide stepping stones along the length of the plot.

The association on site have also put three posts in at the end of my plot to stop folk cutting the corner of as they drive around the site. Here's a few pics of where we are at now.

Kids sowing beans

New 'patio' in front of the shed

Plot from the shed end


Plot from t'other end

What a difference 4 months makes

November 2009

March 2010