January 2011 Blog Posts (49)

Ever woke up and got on one straight away?

Well this is what happened to me today

Busy Busy Day

I've been busy mixing compost today

http://therecycledgardener.blogspot.com/

http://twochancesvegplot.wordpress.com/2011/01/29/spud-u-like/

Bought some more seed potatoes (yes I know, like I need any more of the things!) from the Hampshire Potato Day at Whitchurch.

Hello All

as you can see I have a tiny piece of ground to work with.  I have had 3 allotments in the past but due to health grounds I had to give the last up about 18 months ago.  Since then we have got this little bit at the back of one of our sheds and it has been very…

http://blickys.blogspot.com/2011/01/potato-day.html

Pretty much in line with my post above

A great evening.

It's only a quick one though ;)

Some more of my gardening exploits on a lovely sunny winter day.

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there are 2 parts to today's blog post, this is part 2

hugs xxxx

Is it nobler in the mind to take up spades and forks against a sea of chitters and by opposing still grow spuds?

Chitting Potatoes - How? Why? Problems?

New post is on.  Thanks to Carrie for sowing this seed in my head :)

January photo's

http://twochancesvegplot.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/and-were-off/

First seeds are sown, I know it's too early but I can't wait any longer!!

Which mix to use

As a shower of vegetables, although this is my first try at showing, we experiment with various contraptions of ingredients to achieve the best results of size, colour, uniformity and condition

With time against me I need to sort out what mix I am going to use for my Parsnips 

Also, having shredded another 3 bags of compost, taking me half a day, I…

Justifying the flowers that found their way onto our Seed Order

Seed Delivery

Two new posts on my blog

One about my exploits at the village show last year, and the other about this weeks evening jobs in the shed.

My week of relaxing is nearly at an end!  Then its back to college to start two new modules,  Im quite looking forward to the nursery stock production one, I'm hoping to pick up some tips and transfer them to my own gardening production.  Its been a cold week, and I feel its that time of year that us gardeners may feel a little stuck!  the ground is frozen over again, which I'm quite pleased about, as I only planted my garlic last weekend, so as long as it gets some cold weather it should do…

http://twochancesvegplot.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/chit-on/

A box of seed potatoes arrived today.....very exciting!!

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what I've been up to today....with pics on my blog page

What a busy boy I’ve been today! We’ve had one of those lovely winter days with blue sky, sunshine and no wind - perfect for getting things done in the garden. I started this morning by cutting down one of the apple trees. It was a sad, mis-shapen thing and never bore more than a handful of…