Preparing for Wimbledon

These are strawberry seeds - we are planting them in a teracotta pot ready to eat with Wimbledon on the lawn.............Yeah right!! we may be a bit late - However we have some other plants as backup - we grew strawberries our 1st and 2nd year no problem - they take no work at all - as long as theres sun! Lasy year though we only had a handful as the summer of 08 was our wettest in our records - So lets see what happens with these seeds - I will also try some in the greenhouse - Thats what allotmenting is all about!! Give it a go and see what happens

The Grape Vine

Here are two pics of the grape vine - the first is the actual bunch of grapes that have just started taking shape - the vine is about 3 years old - it was a fathers day gift for Trevor. We had one bunch last year but hopefully more this year - In the winter it just turned into a twig - its incredible how something that looked so dead can come back to life and burst into life and actually produce fruit - I just find that incredible.

Catching Up - Ben, Digging and a Picnic

Weve only been to the plot 3 times in the last 2 weeks - we've been on a fishing weekend away - and camping - and I have had exams so it was study, study, study for the last two weeks - Exams are now over so back to business!!

This is our picnic from last week - we like to have a spot of lunch on the plot - and we do it in style - under the tablecloth is a table give to us by Pat, our Irish neighbour who has been a great source of information and who we now call a friend.

The cougettes here are enourmous - they were under recycled water cooler bottles that trevor brought home from work - we planted more than this and the ones not under cloches are teeny weeny compared to these! Just shows you how temprature plays such an important part in the growth of these veggies.

This is Ben - Ben lives in the house across the alley and visits most days - Hes such a friendly little moggie - he likes nothing better than a cuddle and a sleep on the big chair in the shed - Funny thing is Ben doesnt seem to visit anyone else on the plot - just us - and we used to live in the house he now lives in - Maybe we smell similiar is all I can think of??

This square was dug a couple of weeks ago ready for crops to come out of the greenhouse - havent exactly decides what yet - Maybe the broad beans and runner beans.