Am still waiting:
There have been only 3 that have turned on the vin.
I are one, to check. Small, sweet. A different shade of red, compared to shop bought. These are more orangey, than letter box red.
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Birmingham butternut
I have one! After Gladys, the butternut that wasn’t; we have a cobnut.
This is a cobnut squash, and it is growing up rather than out. I did this purely because I didn’t want slimers eat them. I did this with Gladys too; with less success.
I counted about 8 fruits, at varying stages of development. The one above; I very nearly missed. I only went into the foliage to double check.
A lovely surprise; as this is a squash that has been largely ignored. Didn’t think anything had been pollinated.
Masard and his mystery pumpkins #3
Bounce my Flo
Smells lovely, but has bolted.
Pops, the Poly and the plank
“Is the allotment open, go down there a minute.”
Pops had a brain wave. I didn’t ask for one, but he had had one.
The poly tunnel needs a pathway inside. Pops has constructed one. Three planks of wood, and joined together with stakes forming what pops described as ‘horns’.
First he wanted to level the inside.
Then he put the plank down, making sure that the horns were bedded down so that they could be covered with dirt.
And he made sure it was nice and level. All very snug. I’m under instructions to make sure that add dirt to the edges and way it down.
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Project othello:#8 choose your path
Armed with black weed suppressant, my other plan was to lay down paths. Every now and again, the site gets woodchip. Today there happened to be big two tonne pile rescued from a tree surgeon.
Between my ma and I, we have wheelbarrowed paths. Leaving seven large beds ready for the autumn.
Chilli gang
Moved to the poly for the moment; so that the Wendy can be tidied.
Yes, there are lots!
Will be arranging the poly beds into a horse shoe soon.
Hot patio sizzle
These are lovely with their yellow fruit. Am rather looking forward to seeing them change colour.
No idea how hot they are!
Wendy has refit
I love Wendy. And this year it has earned it’s stripes housing to chillies. Today the Wendy had a refit. The Wendy has suffered with a poor cover. So now we have one that hopefully is a bit more robust.
Oh, sweetie
On the turn. The sweet dumpling is starting to become mottled.
The of thsse
Three of these beauties have kept growing. Lovely to see how they have developed.
horticultural 'obbit 