Although today didn’t go quite according to plan, & I didn’t get as much done at the Hill today as I would have liked, the good news is that I think that the bean frame – when finished – will work just fine.
Of course a sunny day brings out the allotment holders, which meant that when I got to the Hill – & bearing in mind that our plot is pretty much by the gate – before I’d even unfinished unloading the car, I’d chatted with novice neighbour Jody who’d brought his smashing little lad with him to come & ‘help’ daddy, & walked down to talk to John Badger at the bottom with Julie (2nd best plot).
JB gave me a fabulous spring cabbage which he had growing in his greenhouse border (‘secret feed formula!’ he winked). Walking back up with Julie, I told her my tale of woe about the pigeons dining on my brassicas – & was knocked out when later on she brought me down four well grown CABBAGE (kilaton) seedlings ready to plant out, how wonderful! I popped them in the ground & protected with some stiff plastic netting that I pinched from the store pile on Jody’s plot.
I then turned to the job in hand – putting up the two uprights for the bean frame. I marked out when the first was to go, & got bracing sticks cut, & experimented with the layout with the 8’ canes that I’d brought from home. The cordless ran out of juice as I was screwing in the bracing sticks, & recharging it made for a perfect excuse to go to the clubhouse for a little light refreshment.
I wanted to go up to see the Saturday lunchtime regulars anyway, as I had a query on the treatment of the mildewy gooseberries (spray with dilute washing up liquid & hose off), & also learnt that they should be pruned to form an ‘open goblet shape’ which will increase airflow to prevent mildew, & hopefully stop me getting ravaged when I pick the gooseberries – although I don’t believe the latter.
I finished fixing the one bean support post with the pepped-up cordless, & called it a day. I picked about 4lb of rhubarb stalks & a LETTUCE (stoke) & headed off to the garden centre for a bag of compost, but they were out of stock of the brand I like, so I had to content myself with a packet of carrot-seed-on-a-tape which I’m going to try in the never ending quest for growing a decent carrot…
Of course a sunny day brings out the allotment holders, which meant that when I got to the Hill – & bearing in mind that our plot is pretty much by the gate – before I’d even unfinished unloading the car, I’d chatted with novice neighbour Jody who’d brought his smashing little lad with him to come & ‘help’ daddy, & walked down to talk to John Badger at the bottom with Julie (2nd best plot).JB gave me a fabulous spring cabbage which he had growing in his greenhouse border (‘secret feed formula!’ he winked). Walking back up with Julie, I told her my tale of woe about the pigeons dining on my brassicas – & was knocked out when later on she brought me down four well grown CABBAGE (kilaton) seedlings ready to plant out, how wonderful! I popped them in the ground & protected with some stiff plastic netting that I pinched from the store pile on Jody’s plot.
I then turned to the job in hand – putting up the two uprights for the bean frame. I marked out when the first was to go, & got bracing sticks cut, & experimented with the layout with the 8’ canes that I’d brought from home. The cordless ran out of juice as I was screwing in the bracing sticks, & recharging it made for a perfect excuse to go to the clubhouse for a little light refreshment.
I wanted to go up to see the Saturday lunchtime regulars anyway, as I had a query on the treatment of the mildewy gooseberries (spray with dilute washing up liquid & hose off), & also learnt that they should be pruned to form an ‘open goblet shape’ which will increase airflow to prevent mildew, & hopefully stop me getting ravaged when I pick the gooseberries – although I don’t believe the latter.I finished fixing the one bean support post with the pepped-up cordless, & called it a day. I picked about 4lb of rhubarb stalks & a LETTUCE (stoke) & headed off to the garden centre for a bag of compost, but they were out of stock of the brand I like, so I had to content myself with a packet of carrot-seed-on-a-tape which I’m going to try in the never ending quest for growing a decent carrot…
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