Flighty's plot

Further to my last post I’m happy to say that I’ve not lost the second rhubarb plant as it’s just started to appear above ground, but is mostly hidden by the leaves of the first one.

However I do seem to have lost the clump of crocosmia as, so far, none have reappeared so far this year.  If they don’t I think that I’ll dig them up and then transplant  the two rhubarb plants to that area in the autumn.

 

I’ve finished removing most of the unwanted collomia grandiflora seedlings, leaving just the area where they usually grow.

I’ve rehoed the areas where I’ll be planting the first early potatoes Pentland Javelin  and onions Sturon, and depending on the weather may well do that during next week.

Please be aware that my laptop has hiccuped a couple of times over the past few days so if I disappear without warning it’ll more than likely be due to further problems with that rather than anything else.

Have a good weekend, and take care!

I had a good look round the plot this morning as I’d not been there for a few days during which time there had been an overnight frost, some torrential rain and occasional high winds gusting to over 40 mph.  Thankfully all was okay I’m pleased to say.

Further to Thursday’s post I’ve started clearing the flower patch of unwanted seedlings.  A couple of days next week should see the area cleared and hoed over.

One of my two rhubarb plants hasn’t reappeared so it looks like I’ve lost it. I’m really not that fussed as although I do eat it I’m happy to go without.  The one that is growing looks okay, and I’ve a couple of plot neighbours who always say to help myself if I want some of theirs.

 

It always surprises me that the crocus Romance  leaves get noticeably longer once the flowers have died back.  During the week I noticed that they had been flattened, which I guess was a fox resting on them.

Next week looks like being mostly sunny with the temperature reaching 19 C / 66 F on Wednesday.  I’ll certainly be making the most of it, hopefully plotting every day.

Have a good week, and take care!

I dug up, seperated  then replanted the Michaelmas Daisies Twinkling Stars  (Asters Monte Cassino) the clump had gone bare in the middle.

Several raspberry plants had started growing in the wrong places  so I’ve transplanted them.  Now that new growth is showing on all the other plants I’ll cut out any dead, or unwanted, stems.

At long last I’ve made a start on pruning the rose Pretty Lady. As it’s now showing new leaves I’m just cutting out any dead wood and generally tidying it up.

I’ll do the same with the dog rose, although it needs to be hard pruned.

 

The seedlings that have appeared  over the top half of the main flower patch look like they’re mostly collomia grandiflora which I don’t want, so I’ll have to clear that area during the next week or so.  The picture also shows the sedums (bottom left) and the three vegetable patches.

 

Have a good weekend, and take care!

 

is just to say…Have a good week and take care!

I’m okay but today, like yesterday and the day before, the weather is gloomy  so I won’t be going to the plot yet again.

Here’s a Flighty’s favourite Pot Marigold from 2017.

Further to last Thursday’s post  I went to the horticultural society trading shed last Sunday and picked up the main crop seed potatoes Picasso I should have been given the previous week. That means I now have four varieties this year.  Thankfully I’ll be growing them on the largest of the three vegetable patches so will just about have enough room for all of them.

I’ve been plotting every day this week and have now weeded and forked, or hoed, over all three vegetable patches as well as cosmos corner and where I’ll be growing the sunflowers.

I’ll now be turning my attention to the main flower patch.

Part of it is covered in a carpet of poached egg plants (Limnanthes douglasii), which when they flower will attract plenty of bees.

 

This morning I pruned the white meadowsweet which is showing new growth and leaves.

Behind it are the raspberry bushes which are starting to show new growth, and out of the picture to the right the comfry  plants are just reappearing above ground.

Have a good weekend, and take care!

I’ve checked and sorted all the onion sets Sturon and seed potatoes first earlies Pentland Javelin, second earlies Charlotte and Kestrel I bought at the horticultural society trading shed last Sunday.  The potatoes are all in egg boxes chitting on the windowsill in the spare room.

During this week I’ve forked over the area where I’ll be growing the Pentland Javelin  potatoes and hoed the onion patch so both areas are now ready for planting late next month, weather permitting.

 

I’m digging out, and sieving, one builder’s bucket of compost from the plastic Composter each day when I’m there.

Having done all this it feels like the new season is now underway,  at long last.

 

It’s been sunny and warm this week but it’s back to dull weather today and looks like being a mostly damp  day tomorrow.

Have a good weekend, and take care!

 

I’ve made a start on digging out, and sieving, compost from the plastic Composter bin.  Yesterday morning was overcast but dry and I dug out  two builder’s bucket worth, approx 25 litres in total, which I put into an empty compost bag.  I won’t spread it over the plot but will use it as and when I plant or sow things.  For instance I’ll put a handful or two in each seed potato planting hole before backfilling them.

This  morning I went to the horticultural society trading shed to get onion sets Sturon and seed potatoes.  This year I’ll be growing first early potatoes Pentland Javelin, second early Charlotte (my favourite variety) and another second early Kestrel.  The later is instead of a maincop variety such as Desiree or Picasso.   I’ll be putting them in egg boxes on the windowsill in the spare room to chit for the next month or so.  That gives me plenty of time to prepare the ground for planting out.

Today’s picture from the archives shows white cosmos in July 2021.

The weather forecast is looking good for next week so hopefully I’ll be doing plenty of plotting.

Have a good week, and take care!

was dry and sunny so I went to the plot after lunch for an hour or two and did some plotting.  I cut back all the dead flower heads and stems on the sedums to ground level, then added them to the compost heap.  I also cut back the stems on three of the the asters/Michaelmas Daisies, being what I left when I pruned them in the autumn.  I tidied up, then hoed round  and will add some compost once I’ve dug it out.

Earlier during the day I found that online social media friend, and fellow allotmenteer, Hesperalis had posted a comment and the picture below on my Mastodon timeline.   She had taken it in a municipal park in Chile, where she and her husband are on a once in a lifetime holiday all this month.  Her comment reads…While you’re waiting for your own to grow and flower here’s some of your favourites blooming now in Patagonia.

Yesterday the weather was dull again and cold with the feels like temperature just reaching 0 C / 32 F.  Looking ahead to the weekend and into next week it looks like the temperature will reach a balmy 13 C / 55 F, but remaining mostly dull and, hopefully, not much rain.

Have a good weekend, and take care!