Sunday 10 April 2011

Tatties Planted

Hi, I have planted 11 x 10 foot rows of potatoes today, it was a hard job, but someone has to do it. :) I have: King Edward, Maris Piper, Charlotte, Pentland Javelin and Duke of York. I've planted them all on the same side and the maincrops are at the back, so that I can replace the earlies with something else when they are lifted. I think you leave them there for 11 or 12 weeks, but I'll check that out, I'll soon know anyway when the greenery starts dying off. I just need to think what else I am going to put in and start with getting it done soon.

Saturday 9 April 2011

Rotokiller!!!

I nearly killed myself today, the last time I done this, I got on great, today was another story......... it was so heavy, my hands are hanging off my wrists. :( Never mind, a nice man came and finished it off for me. Tomorrow, I will plant my potatoes, they are good to go and apparently, it's okay to do it according to the more experienced folks. I'll maybe invest in a small tiller machine, but that will be much later, I need a shed and a greenhouse first. :) I'll relax now and go back to the lottie tomorrow.

Friday 1 April 2011

Seeds have been sown

I have sown some tomato and pepper seeds tonight. Now, this is quite late on to be doing this, especially the peppers, but as everyone knows, it has been very coolllld, especially up here in the frozen north. :-) Some of the pepper seeds came from inside one I bought and I decided to keep some seeds out if it, so we will see if these grow. I'll need to start doing some seeds most nights for a while now. I am hoping to have a greenhouse in the next couple of months, so maybe my seeds/plants will catch up okay. DH will be thrilled when he sees all the seed trays everywhere when I have done my worst. Never mind, he enjoys a wee moan. :-)