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Have I Lost the Plot: May 2009
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Have I Lost the Plot. Diary of allotment holder Ciara Carrott. Sunday, May 31, 2009. Bean there done that! Broad beans: The broad beans are living up to their reputation as the hardiest of the legumes. They continue to shoot up and have plenty of green foliage. While they are said to be easy to grow and ideally suited to allotment growing it doesn't diminish the satisfaction for a novice allotment holder to see them thrive. Sunday, May 31, 2009. Above: our potato patch today! On allotment ground it is im...
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Have I Lost the Plot: Greyskull the scarecrow: shiver me crows!
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Have I Lost the Plot. Diary of allotment holder Ciara Carrott. Wednesday, June 17, 2009. Greyskull the scarecrow: shiver me crows! Wednesday, June 17, 2009. A twentysomething with a passion for family, growing veg, baby-making and mojitos. Owning an allotment is the ultimate workout I'm told: fresh air, back ache, dirt under the fingernails and the joys of growing your own is something I am looking forward to. Beating the crunch by making my lunch! View my complete profile. The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
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Grangecon Café and Foodstore
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Red pepper jam. Organic St. Tola goats cheese and basil leaves. All strewn on some homemade puff pastry. Meltingly delicious! Drop in for some next time you're in the village! Melt in your mouth pastry, sweet jammy peppers, basil and melted cheese, Delicious! It's fab, quick and easy! Gives you plenty of time for relaxed gossip with your friends or family! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Café and Foodstore w. Tuesday to Saturday,. 9 am to 4 pm. Sorry, closed Sundays and Mondays.
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Have I Lost the Plot: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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Have I Lost the Plot. Diary of allotment holder Ciara Carrott. Monday, June 15, 2009. The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Our cabbage is under attack by some very hungry caterpillars. They are speedily eating holes through our leaves and are happily laying eggs on the underside of the leaves. It's the cabbage I care about not the caterpillars and the damage is sufficiently bad that it warrants intervention. . Monday, June 15, 2009. A twentysomething with a passion for family, growing veg, baby-making and mojitos.
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Have I Lost the Plot: February 2009
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Have I Lost the Plot. Diary of allotment holder Ciara Carrott. Sunday, February 22, 2009. In our first class, back in January, as well as getting to know each other, we went through the priniciples of sustainable organic vegetable production, equipment, seeding and transplanting materials an allotment design plans. . Sunday, February 22, 2009. Dresscode for an allotment is old, shabby clothes (that won't be a problem! Sunday, February 22, 2009. Pots, roots, legs and bras. So I'm off to a good start. ...
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Have I Lost the Plot: WEED KILL
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Have I Lost the Plot. Diary of allotment holder Ciara Carrott. Tuesday, June 9, 2009. The weeds are taking hold! Close the shutters, hide the children, protect the seeds and let the scarecrow fed for itself. Ok so it's not blight, but an inexorable invasion of weeds on my allotment in Castlefarm is beginning to feel like an enemy attacking. . And the weeds, unlike my sweetcorn or beetroot, seem to be enjoying this dismal wet week with unhealthy relish. . So how do we deal with weeds? Owning an allotment ...
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Have I Lost the Plot: Picture perfect, kinda...
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Have I Lost the Plot. Diary of allotment holder Ciara Carrott. Tuesday, June 9, 2009. Picture perfect, kinda. A picture progress report on the vegetables, June 7. Row D: Beetroot at the front of picture, seeds planted 12/5. Row C: Cabbage at the front view, planted by seed 25/4. Row A: Potatoes planted late March. Row B: In view Broad Beans (25/4), Peas (7/4), Mangetot. Runner Beans (25/4) and more Peas (12/5) all planted by seed. Row C: Cabbage planted by seed 25/4. Row B: Sweetcorn planted by seed 2/5.
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Have I Lost the Plot: June 2009
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Have I Lost the Plot. Diary of allotment holder Ciara Carrott. Tuesday, June 23, 2009. The creepy crawlies are making me lose the plot. A line of spinach is fair game to slugs, snails and rabbits but it is very annoying when these pesky pests take more than their fair share; for example my cabbage has been ripped to bits by caterpillars and gooy greenflies are smothering the broadbeans. . No, not a bloody chance! 1 Slugs and snails: . They eat all root crops and most leafy crops, making holes in leaves a...
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Have I Lost the Plot: Potato patch
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Have I Lost the Plot. Diary of allotment holder Ciara Carrott. Sunday, May 31, 2009. Above: our potato patch today! As they grow, earth them up by drawing soil over them with a hoe to prevent light getting to the tubers. This will encourage a greater yield from the base. When the flowers are open, the earlies are ready, usually after 90 days. They should be eaten soon after harvesting. . Sunday, May 31, 2009. A twentysomething with a passion for family, growing veg, baby-making and mojitos. How we have a...
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