Monday 18 June 2012

Brassicas are a GO!

Well I got up yesterday morning to the usual stormy skies and on and off rain that we are so accustomed to. However by the afternoon the winds had died down and the rains seemed to be holding off so at 3:00pm I decided to take the plunge and see if I could beat the weather at the allotment.

I started off with this....

weedy uneven ground



Very weedy and uneven ground which needed to be cleared in order to be dug through and turned into a brassica bed.
waterlogged brassicas



Waterlogged brassicas which were in desperate need of planting. The cauliflower didn't survive this treatment and had to be re-sown.
Parsnips ready to be transplanted to the allotment






The parsnips are waterlogged too but they seemed to be enjoying the treatment and were no worse the wear for it!!
attempting to grow celeraic...again



Out of the 20 celeriac that I 'attempted' to grow only 6 have survived, they don't seem to be getting any bigger but I planted them anyway!









After I had spent 4 hours down the allotment things looked a little different and I managed to stay dry in the process. Here is what things looked like when I left at 7:00pm.



a cabbages, ormskirk cabbage, brussles and purple sprouting broccoli


I have a brassica bed!! There is room for the cauliflower to go in here too. I also re-sowed spinach as this didn't come through at all and I will resow the swiss chard when I get some more seeds.



I was given some Welsh bunching onions by a friend and for now they have been planted in the cold frame so they can grow for this year and then will be split and grown on the plot next year, (at least that's the theory at the minute!).
Parsnips and celeriac




You can just see here that the parsnips have gone in, some are bigger than others but overall I am quite pleased with them. the 6 celeriac are at the end of this row so I will see if they actually do anything!










So it was quite a productive if not tiring afternoon, I feel like I am much more on top of things now. I still have my sweetcorn to plant out and will do this at the weekend once it has hardened off. Also I will get some swede seed in the ground and re-sow carrots and turnips as these haven't shown any sign of germination either.

And yes I know I haven't covered my brassicas...I'm just hoping they can hold there own until I can get back down to sort out the netting!!

(Notice how nicely blogger behaved for me today?!).
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12 comments:

  1. I was tipping water out of trays in the cold frame too! Fingers crossed that the brassicas are pigeon free - there would be no chance on out site as they sit on the telephone wires watching us planting!

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    1. I guess we will all be pouring water out for a while...haven't been back to check on those brassicas yet...I'm almost afraid too!!

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  2. Your brassica bed looks great, I just hope the pesky pigeons haven't done any damage whilst your back's been turned. I haven't got mine out yet, the bed looks pretty much like yours did before you weeded it.

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    1. I hope so to Jo...hopefully I will get up to sort it out tomorrow...if I dare>!?!

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  3. i saw your blog on another blog--hope you don't mind me saying hi---i love your garden!

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    1. Of course I don't mind you visiting Lynn..the more the merrier. Thanks for commenting, hope you liked it enough to come visit me again!!

      I love my garden too...it doesn't always look this tidy though... :-{

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  4. wow, you did That was a productive day.

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    1. It was productive Ann...I felt very proud of myself as I left the allotment.

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  5. Nooooh! Not the celeriac!

    Great stint, Tany

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    1. Don't worry Mal, the celeriac really isn't doing much...at least the year before last i had plenty of leaves...but then again if it doesn't grow much above ground this year maybe that means I will have something below??? Won't hold my breath though.

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  6. yea for you!!! bet that tiredness is worth the satisfaction!!

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  7. It is worth the satisfaction...as long as the brassicas are still there next time I visit!!

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