Monday 25 June 2012

2012 Planting Finished.

Well the weather has been a nightmare this last week and with meetings and family birthdays as well as work and life in general it's been a while since I sat down at the computer.

I don't think a day has passed by where there hasn't been a mixture of the seasons all rolled into one however yesterday afternoon it calmed down somewhat and i managed to get to the allotment and get the sweetcorn into the ground. Not only that but I also managed to get a bit of tidying up and weeding done in the garden.

Summer evenings are great (when we actually have one), but before I knew it it was 10:00pm so I didn't get this post up last night as once I'd got cleaned up I just curled up with my book.

potatoes starting to show their flowers




All is not lost this year as the potatoes are starting to flower even though everything else on the allotment seems to have come to a stand still growing wise.
Sweetcorn planted up next to the babycorn



The sweetcorn looks quite healthy, I now just hope a get as great a crop from it as I did last year...all we need is some decent sunshine!!
out of the ground by my son last year when he thought it was a weed




This is the grapevine my son thought was a weed last year and yanked out of the ground, I am surprised it has been so resilient and although not as big as the others it's putting on a brave face this year...must remember not to let my son near that end of the allotment!!
the brassicas have survived even without the net.
Against all the elements and the wildlife the barassicas have survived the week even though they aren't netted, maybe someone else on the plot has something far juicier for the pigeons to snack on. I will hopefully get the nets up this weekend though before they get to big for the butterflies to start bothering them.


So that is all the planted finished thoughtful I still have a few seeds I want to re-sow directly, I'm not sure they will do any better the second time round but I have to try, one thing that hasn't come apart from the odd seedling this year is carrots, I really can't be without my home grown carrots!!

In general things aren't looking too bad and now all the planting is done I should be able to stay on top of the weeding (in theory!) but things just aren't flourishing as they usually would this year, we have had so little sunshine it really seems to be taking it's toll on things....my tomato plants are still so tiny and have no flowers in sight. Is everyone having the same problem?? I know most people on our allotments are.

Hope you all had a good weekend...now I'm just waiting for the heatwave they keep mentioning on the weather and hoping that with it comes some sun which will help everything catch up.

Will be catching up on all my favourite blogs throughout the week!
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14 comments:

  1. Yes same problems here which this weekend combined with winds to batter everything!

    You certainly wouldn't have got away with no netting on our site. Our plot neighbour took off his net as he thought his brassicas had grown big enough to withstand pigeon attack - Oops!

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    1. I'm glad my brassicas didn't get attacked, I'm hoping for fine weather this weekend so that I can get them netted...and get some tidying up done too!!

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  2. My tomatoes are really small still too, no flowers here either. I planted my sweetcorn out a few weeks ago, but it's at a standstill, nothing's growing. I'm wondering if I'll actually get to harvest anything this year.

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    1. I keep thinking the same thing Jo...I have put all this hard work in and I wonder if I will get much return this year...I really hope so! I don't mind how late I get a crop...as long as I get one.

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  3. What is with the carrots this year? Is anyone having success?

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  4. your allotment is looking so tidy!
    I am having trouble with tomatoes this year too and everything except lettuce and potatoes seems so slow to get established, sunshine daytime night time rain please!

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    1. My lettuce and potatoes don't seem to fussed on the strange weather either...fingers crossed we all get a little more variety to eat!

      As for the tidy plot...I'm just selective with my photos..lol

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  5. it is a lovely garden--i hope your tomatoes flower soon!

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    1. Thank you....and I do too Lynn...fingers crossed

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  6. I think around here everyone was worried about there not being enough moisture for the crops, but there has been more than enough once spring arrived. It usually floods near here for awhile every spring, and this year was no exception.

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    1. Our weather has just kept going from one extreme to another Ratty so it is confusing the plants and animals which is why there is so much stopping and starting going on!!

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  7. we seem to have a healthy mix of sunshine and rain this year although more sunshine and heat than rain. Our tomatoes look pretty good so far.
    I would probably have done the same thing your son did with the grapevine. I often have a hard time distinguishing between what's a weed and whats not

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    1. I wish we had a little more sunshine Ann...don't get me wrong the rain is good for the gardens...but when it hasn't rained it's been so overcast that the sun hasn't made much of an appearance which is why I think it's such slow growing this year.

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  8. Dear Tanya, My garden is doing better than last year, but still not where it should be by now.
    This year has been rainy and chilly. There was one heat wave for 3 days but right back to cool. I don't mind the cool but it is not that good for the garden I suppose.
    My tomato plants do not have any signs of tomatoes either.
    Hope your garden flourishes my dear. Blessings, Catherine xo

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