Check out our Pumpkins!!!!

Saturday 8th July & Sunday 9th July 2006

A whole weekend down the plot and the battle of the weeds is nearly over... just got to keep at them and soon they will return no more... fingers crossed.

We are really pleased with how our crops are doing... carrots are looking good, tomatoes on their way, cucumbers starting to take and the corn is getting bigger.

This ones for Sharon!!!!

My very good friend Sharon (still a regular visitor to TheBaileyLife.. but losing faith)! has kept on at me to update our blog and to be fair I have been a bit lazy with it,but those days are behind us now... we have battled the weeds and are winning and we are really moving into a great harvest period.

Just look at our crops and how much they have grown....

We've been away.. but now we're back!!!!

Sorry for being a bit rubbish recently in updating our blog...not excuse apart from being busy with other things.

Just look at all the weeds that have grown.. Arghhhhhhhhhh!

Wednesday 14th June 2006

Sorry to all those BaileyLife visitors for the recent lack of updates, especially to my good friend Sharon (who is also into growing...she's having a baby)!

The Bailey's have been quite busy away from the plot recently, but have still managed to get down there to do weeding, plant some Sweet Peas and Sunflowers and generally check on our crops.

We are especially please with the progress of our Pumpkins, Carrots and the plants in our Pond garden.

There are a few more pictures in the album.. so go check them out and we promise to get back on track with the regular updates

Thanks

Sunday 4th June 2006

Another warm sunny day.. great for Operation Pond Garden.

We spent the whole day down the plot concentrating on our Pond/Wildlife garden.

The pond is in and we have planted some interesting plant varieties around the edges.

Once the pond water settles down and the floating plants start to oxygenate the water we are going to get some Goldfish...cool

Saturday 3rd June 2006

What a glorious day...The sun is shining and the sky is blue...A perfect day for some allotment fun.

We spent the day planning our wildlife garden and just generally pottering.

Our lettuce and radish are ready to thin out and harvest. This will be our first taste of all our hard work and effort... Looks delicious

Wednesday 31st May 2006

The Bailey's have bounced back from their Cucumber disaster today and taken advantage of a beautiful sunny evening to get down to Plot13.

While Poppy and Karen (from next doors plot) went on a wildlife hunt; Debs and I propogated some Sunflower & Sweetpea seeds, sowed some Beetroot & Italian Mixed Salad seeds and we even tasted our first Radish of the year..YUMMY

Poppy and Karen returned with some surprising (but sad) wildlife in the shape of a dead mole.. We gave him a proper burial (in the shed foundations) R.I.P Rolly Mole

Our crops are growing well (NEW pics in the Gallery) and we are looking forward to a nice weekend of sun and fun down the allotment

Tuesday 30th May 2006... a sad day

Its a sad day today... we grabbed an hour down at the plot late yesterday afternoon and we are sad to announce that ALL our cucumbers are dead! A total cucumber massacre! They were probably still too weak to be planted out... a lesson learned for next years crop!

Thursday 25th May - Monday 29th May 2006

We haven't really had much of a chance to get down the plot over the Bank Holiday weekend due to bad weather and other commitments. The time we have managed was spent planting out our Cucumbers.

We have used a small poly-tunnel to give them some extra protection for their first few days outside... fingers crossed

Wednesday 24th May 2006

Another wet, damp day... surprise, surprise!!!

But a break in the weather this evening gave us just enough time to pop down the plot and get the last of the Sweetcorn in.

Our other crops are coming on nicely at their own individual rate... so rain must be good for some things!

The first bit of bright Summer colour has also appeared on Plot13 and lucky for us its...Poppies!

Tuesday 23rd May 2006

Another wet and miserable day (well it was when I got home from work) so have been unable to get down to the plot.

Chelsea Flower Show starts today and it looks like it DIDN'T bring the good weather!

The RHS has a great website for the show, well worth a browse...

http://www.rhs.org.uk/chelsea/2006/index.asp

Hopefully tomorrow will be a brighter day

Saturday 20th May 2006

Mum & Dad came over today for a visit and we all went to the Essex Garden Show.
They had some great stands and exhibits, you could spend a fortune at those things!

We took the folks down to the plot in the afternoon and they got stuck straight in. Dad gave me a hand repairing our bean wigwam's (knocked over by the windy weather) and Mum and Deb planted out the sweetcorn.

Friday 19th May 2006

Checked out a new garden centre today and got some real bargains.

Some Sweetcorn seedlings ready to plant out, some Onion sets and a handsome Beef Tomato plant.

Straight down the plot for some digging, planting and general weeding