http://www.blogigo.co.uk/comfreytea Move along....nothing to see hear. diary for a new allotmenteer en DieselA3 DieselA3 Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:20:25 +0200 daily 1 A good spell of much needed rain on Sunday has revived the plot a bit. I am really chuffed by my tomatoes Its my first attempt and they have had no feed, watered once weekly and no trimming of sideshoots.They are fruiting pretty heavily and still flowering. I am hoping for a bumper crop. They are a bush variety and have turned into a sprawling mass but so far looking healthy.I guess the taste will be the proof. I was also quite surprised with the lettuce and spinach which I put in a week past on Sunday (17/07/2005).I watered them in pretty well and have really left them to it since.I expected them to have either died or be slug ravaged but they seem to be coming on strong. The two rows furthest away are little Gem lettuce,closest is the perpetual spinach.The bush on the left is some more tomatoes. Lastly my Heritage Beans are podding :D I doubt the crop will be huge but I will get enough for a few  meals and some spare to sow next year.I will... Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:20:25 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/comfreytea/the-raindance-worked-then/7/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/comfreytea/the-raindance-worked-then/7/ I had some help today from my father in law who very kindly cleared a lot of my paths.I need to find some way of controlling the weeds coming through the gaps. Whilst Graham done the paths I dug over the top bed.I am hoping to get some late peas in there next weekend.The weather was very warm and my Heritage beans were looking splendid with the small red flowers appearing.Mike gave me a bag full of beans which had cropped on his plot so I dug up a few spuds and we had them all for lunch, very tasty.The beans are quite sweet when you eat them raw and delicious when cooked. Rox and Lady Cosmos (from allotments4all forum) here is a picture of the beans flowering.Hope you get some success growing them as they taste lovely. Tue, 05 Jul 2005 10:39:54 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/comfreytea/Sunday-Digging/6/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/comfreytea/Sunday-Digging/6/ Saturday : Borrowed the petrol strimmer and went to town on the high weeds that have been going for it on the plot.It took about 30 mins to strim most of them down and then another couple of hours to get them cleared up and into the compost bin.I removed te tarpaulkin from the top bed and covered what was left of the weeds.Hopefully come autumn I should have an easier job of clearing what is left out,Cannot wait for that....   Fri, 01 Jul 2005 14:51:59 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/comfreytea/Strimming/5/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/comfreytea/Strimming/5/ Spent about an hour watering my plot tonight.Pressure is pretty poor when someone else switches a tap on but it it better than nothing.I can also supplement with watering cans from the water butt. I forgot the digi cam last night so took a picture of the Heritage Red Broad Beans with my phone (quality isn't great).They are coming on pretty well. The weeds and grass is getting mega high on the wild part of the plot.I will need to get them strimmed asap. I have been looking at making a wormery to further reduce houshold waste and feed the plot/garden.There is some instructions to make one for about £15 online so I might have a go at putting one together.There is a company who makes them (for about £90 upwards pfft!!) displaying at Gardeners World live so I may try and have a poke around thier stall on Friday if I can track it down. Tue, 14 Jun 2005 20:21:56 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/comfreytea/Water/4/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/comfreytea/Water/4/ 12/04/2005 First viewing of the plot Not too bad considering.Infact fantastic in comparison to others I have seen online.I was pretty pleased with it. 25/05/2005 six weeks on..... not much change I hear you cry.Well....... The weeds on the right are growing pretty well.Onions at the front,potatoes in the middle two beds,Heritage beans at the back in front of the cold frame and Broad beans on the wigwam frame.Also loads of raspberrys all around.Oh and a new compost bin made from old pallets. Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:31:53 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/comfreytea/Some-Pictures/3/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/comfreytea/Some-Pictures/3/ Hardly had any time this week to go up and do much to the plot. Today I managed about half an hour to do some watering. I had a chat with the site chairman and it is inspection time next weekend. My plot isn't too bad considering I have only have it a couple of months but I do need to strim down some of the high weeds and grass by the fence.I can loan the petrol strimmer for free so that shouldn't take much to clear.I am hoping to dig over the bed next to the tomatoes and  beans.This is currently covered with tarpaulin.If I can dig that over and get something in, peas maybe, I can use the spare tarp to cover the strimmed weeds and hopefully get them killed off for next year. My comfrey tea has gone !!!!! either the dustbin I was using has leaked or it has evaporated in the sun.I think it was the former but all I am left with is a stinking bag of rotted leaves.I may just plunge them into another bucket and see what transpires. The Heritage beans are coming up nicely but my... Sun, 12 Jun 2005 12:20:41 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/comfreytea/Ummmm/2/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/comfreytea/Ummmm/2/ I have decided to start a blog to keep a record of what is going on in my allotment. More to keep track of dates and times of planting etc than to be of any interest to anyone :D 07/07/2005: Went to the plot for an hour last night watering and putting some garden cuttings into the compost bin. Some tomatoes are looking a bit worse for wear.Replaced two plants with spares from the cold frame. I have found growing them on a window ledge produces slim leggy plants rather than stockier stronger growth. - thanks to Mike for the info.Note to self look for a greenhouse going cheap. I planted the tomatoes out 29/05/2005. Desiree potatoes are looking pretty strong and large,coming on well from what I can gather.The pink firs (which I planted about 3 weeks too early) are smaller but this may be the variety. Onions are looking ok  and my heritage beans (thanks Mike again for the seeds) are coming through well. No sign of the runner beans as yet but they have only been in... Wed, 08 Jun 2005 17:26:04 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/comfreytea/First-Entry/1/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/comfreytea/First-Entry/1/