xmas

Just to say Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to every one.

Update 19-11-06

Hi all. Here are the pic's I said I would show you. Finished at last. Looking good to even if I do say so myself. Take a look see.

Update 7-11-06

Ive finished.
All the weeding done and the black weed control and chippings down. As soon as I get pic's I will post them so all can take a look see. Then you will see how long and hard work it has been. But it will be worth it.NO MORE WEEDS!!!!!! I hope!!!!!!

Update 27-10-06

Here are the pic's I said I would show you.
All finished on the one side as well as makeing a new compost bin.
Take a look, great isn't it.
The other pic's are of the other side, we are still trying to get that ready before winter. We will do it as we are nearly finished that to.

Update/21-10-06

I've finished the first side at last. I will no longer get any weeds, I hope, now that all the weed control frabic and the wood chips are down.
I will take a pic tomorrow if its not raining then you can take a look see and tell me what you all think.

Gillysplot

Gillysplot
The silver bed I will be useing for my tomatos next year. Good idea ah.

October Update 4.

Take a look at this then. Under the lace curtains are my winter carrots and my winter broad beans, the frost did not even touch them. I will be going to the next car boot and getting some more lace curtains and sewing them together then I can do the same thing with some thing of my others.
Take a look see.



Here is my new compost bin. My husband and I made it today/Saturday 14 Oct 06.
I am very please with it to. We used old palets that the shop down the road though out. We asked them if we could have them and they said yes so here it is. What do you think?

October Update 3.

This is a photo of my cucumber plant, the frost got it a little bit but I am hopeing that the cucumbers that are on the plant will be ok. You never know do you.

October Update 2.

Here are a few more pic's for you to look at. My spuds/ the frost got but only the green tops, spuds are ok as they were under the earth.

October Update 1.

I have all most finished doing my rasied beds on the one side of my plot and I thought you might like to see how far I have gotten.
Here are a few pic's take a look and tell me what you think.

new update/27-sep-06

I have at last found a job.
So I am updateing my blog to tell you that I no longer have the second plot.
As with the job and the first plot I cant cope with the second one, so I thought that some one else can have it that will be able to cope with it.

update 2

I thought you might like to see how I am getting on.
Some of the raised beds are made and in use, I have been weeding and makeing the paths all week. But I have used the weed control fabric this time as the other one didnt work last time. Take a look and see what you all think.

Latest update.

This is his mother Donna, and she is a very good mom to.
Here is my grandson Ethan, he loved it on my plot. He thought it was great.

Kings heath park show.

I went to the show and realy had my eyes opened wide at what I saw there, take a look and you will see what I meen.
There were gygantic-- very big indeed.

The white bucket contains horse poo and water its great for the beans and the potatoes. I think thats why they are doing so well. I did'nt use it that way before.

update 2

Here are a few more of the things that I have put in, in the last 2 months, and the last 2 weeks.

update

Take a look at my potatoes now. WOW!!!!
I have started to put the weed control cloth down and the wood chips down on top of that to stop the weeds, its looks great does'nt it.

pumpkins

Look at my second plot's veg. Coming on great. We have taken our first lettece today.Tasted lovly.


This is the cage I was talking about. It will be for my winter cabbage and other things.
Here is 2 photos of my sons pumpkins, one of which is my son.

Look at my potatoes now.Update.

Hi, take a look at my spuds. They've only been in about 2 weeks. Great. I put some chicken pellets around them and wow, did they grow or what!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Here are the rest of my photos. I hope you like my rasied beds. I made them out of old wood that I have been collecting out of skips around and about my home and the allotment.