tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437309828860925452024-02-06T21:23:31.362-08:00Belleville Vegetable GardenThis is a blog for the vegetable garden at Belleville School, Battersea, London. It shows the progress from asphalt playground to jungle.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343730982886092545.post-14981397236196343762013-11-24T12:54:00.000-08:002013-11-24T12:54:02.177-08:00WINTER PLANTING NOVEMBER 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's the time of year to give the beds a much needed digging over and a tidy up. The sage bushes had gone a bit crazy so I chopped those back with a spade.<br />
I also transplanted some sturdy rocket which may or not withstand the predicted artic blast. <br />
Number two son Tommy Dutton (3A) helped with the planting of the garlic leaving me to plant onions (both red and white).<br />
Hopefully there should be some neat rows of shoots to provide a little interest in the winter months. I'm currently looking out for some winter cabbage and broad beans as well, but if these aren't available it would be a good opportunity to dig in some well rotted manure to the beds that aren't in use. The rest would probably do them good.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I havested and sold the lettuces yesterday (there were more than those shown above) and they seemed to be popular with Belleville parents. I was surprised how quickly they grew, but on reflection realised that everything planted at Belleville seems to do really well. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now that I have my own allotment at Garratt Park it´s possible to compare growing speeds at the two sites, and Belleville is by far the faster of the two.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The brassicas, parsnips and carrots are the easiest to compare as I bought these in trays at Homebase (they had a special offer I couldn´t resist, and it saves time compared to growing everything from seed) and planted them out at the school and the allotment at roughly the same time.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The parsnip shoots<i> [below left]</i> are enormous and probably ready to harvest, whereas at the allotment they´ve struggled to get going. The same applies carrots, but the red cabbage provides the most extreme example. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I suspect the reason for the relative success of the Belleville site is that it is a real suntrap, being sited on a tarmac playground and surrounded by brick. The buildings also provide shelter from the wind, whereas the allotment is far more exposed. It´s also possible that the allotment soil might be depleted of nutrients, as vegetables have been grown in the same soil for a many years.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Or it could be that the noise the kids make in the playground makes the plants happy. Perhaps Prince Charles was right all along?</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Continuing the positive vibes, we´re in for a bumper crop of strawberries. I´ve covered them with fleece to keep the birds (and children!) off, and put straw under them to stop the strawberries rotting when in contact with damp soil. I´ve also removed the snails that were looking forward to a nice feast.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I planted a couple of sage and thyme plants about six weeks ago, and these are available for any Belleville parent who would like to snip off a few pieces if they need some for a recipe. No charge for this of course, but if you feel like making a donation to the PTA there´s a box in the main entrance hall.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And if you´ve ever wondered what happens to a potato after you plant it (and which one of us can honestly say we haven´t) here´s a photo that shows how and where the roots form. The shoot is growing nicely from the top of the spud, and the roots are forming nicely just underneath it. Useful info for kids who might be studying Biology in the future!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fascinating stuff as I´m sure you´ll agree!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We're looking for volunteers to help with the garden next year. Contact Jim Dutton if you'd like to get involved, either by leaving a comment on the blog, or through Baki, or through the school.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well it's taken long enough, but spring is finally here. [STOP PRESS: SINCE I WROTE THIS, IT'S BECOME COLD AND WET AGAIN. GRRR!]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It had better be a decent summer. We certainly deserve it after the long and cold few months we've put up with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The poor weather over the last year or two has effected farmers and food prices have increased as a result. The Belleville veg garden suffered too. It was all a bit bleak.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The effect of climate change and global warming isn't being kind to us in the UK if you believe the experts. Which I tend to do.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The strawberries aren't ready yet Tommy!</span></td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343730982886092545.post-52240209231301644052013-05-13T03:13:00.000-07:002013-05-13T03:13:36.282-07:00PLANTING OUT AT THE END OF MARCH<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Brussel Sprouts, planted in time for an Xmas harvest</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Fleece to protect against any surprise frosts</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Netting to keep the pigeons off the chard</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Two rows of parsnips in the foreground</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>BEFORE AND AFTER A GOOD OLD TIDY UP AT BELLEVILLE VEG GARDEN</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Today at Belleville we held a Gardening Sunday. We dug, raked, weeded, sieved and swept to the point of exhaustion. Well, until the place looked all tidy at any rate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Many thanks to the volunteers who showed up and ensured that we could get all of the tasks finished in the time available.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We put leaves and some of the plant debris in the composter, and filled up about <span style="font-size: small;">eight sacks with random <span style="font-size: small;">rubbish<span style="font-size: small;">, broken</span></span> </span>plant pots and other gardening detritus. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The strawberry plants we left as they'll die back but regrow next spring. The swiss chard in the Year Four bed is still going strong so that was left alone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The raised beds are just awaiting a topping of compost, as over the years the soil has settled about six inches. Compost would also add nutrients to the soil as nearly five years of crop growing will have taken their toll.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>We're now looking for volunteers from each year group to look after the beds.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Once planted the veg plants can be looked after at drop off and/or pick up quite easily. Watering and weeding is all that's really required until they're ready to harvest.</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Contact Jim Dutton through the school if interested, or leave a comment below.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Well the scheme to dedicate each raised bed to a single
Year Group has started working pretty well with the help and involvement of our
dedicated teams of gardeners! Here are some photos to show you how each
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<span style="font-size: small;">Considering how terrible the weather has been it's all looking great!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Year 2 - awesome use of the available space</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Year 2 broad beans doing very well!</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">One failure has been this rotating compost bin. It's an excellent machine and would be ideal for a small garden where it could be looked after and rotated properly. If anyone wants it they could have it for a donation to the PTA. It needs to have brown matter (cardboard, paper etc) added along with the garden waste, and it need spinning every day. As it has been neglected it's just made a bit of a smelly mess. More details about the composter can be read <a href="http://urbancompostbintumblers.blogspot.co.uk/2009/05/urban-compost-tumblers.html">here</a></span>.<br />
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From next week, and in readiness for the forthcoming revamped Peaceful Area, each <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis18E9B6DrNb3jJ1jaexNj6kfz6SCKNKtTjnAgZopKAneNxEMdp-GPCOCfq9MhDU1z_vVU6YILG2-pXDaREHkeDWL1Q6W5XJSRqkB7FjMT5jBcZPKO_boIuViSqYl3G6lgeFbIV7vSb4A/s1600/Raised+Beds+000.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>raised bed in the Belleville Vegetable Garden will be allocated to a Year Group.<br />
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We're aim to get a team from each year that will include teachers, students and parents, and they will look after their own raised bed from now on, although I'll happily help and keep an eye on things.<br />
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[<i>Left</i>] YEAR ONE<br />
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<div style="color: #f1c232;">Yellow bell peppers and sunflowers</div><br />
This bed is the closest one to the artroom. Most of the beds already have things growing in them as shown in the photos, but some of these are ready to crop and will need replacing with new seedlings.<br />
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[<i>Left</i>] YEAR TWO<br />
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<div style="color: #f1c232;">Aubergine, chilli, parsley </div><br />
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In reserve we already have some seedlings: Curly kale, carrots and leeks, and most of these are almost ready for planting.<br />
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[<i>Left</i>] YEAR THREE<br />
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<div style="color: #f1c232;">Swiss chard ('Bright Lights'), parsley and coriander.</div><br />
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All students will be encouraged to take care of their year groups's raised bed, whether they're on a gardening team or not.<br />
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Nicola Hedley has a fund donated by Waitrose (which can hopefully be topped up by the PTA if requested) for buying further seedings and tools if required.<br />
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<div style="color: #f1c232;">Self seeded cougette plant (touch and go - we need a little more warm weather!), chilli, yellow bell peppers, rocket and dwarf runner beans</div><br />
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<div style="color: #f1c232;">Aubergine, tomato, chilli, strawberries and three pots of baby leeks. These need to be about the thickness of a pencil before transplanting into the ground</div><br />
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They supplied Belleville with plug plants for growing on in the raised beds, and even supplied the paper bags for selling the produce in. Miss Hedley took five of her class to Waitrose today to sell the produce which sold out in just over an hour. She also asked the children to decorate the paper bags and make posters which added a splash of colour to the display!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvb6aHlErMIuUaWPMjM41MCgJlMqBdOm-1SdgZDQg8WGAAkbAQHeNPD3b9qAOMLBls7yFgouUwuckD3xFuIb69RLGbTnSCxTR_nrs866Qnx79p-jPCZzhXyhrp34SdajKQJss7juRPow/s1600/IMG_4042.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvb6aHlErMIuUaWPMjM41MCgJlMqBdOm-1SdgZDQg8WGAAkbAQHeNPD3b9qAOMLBls7yFgouUwuckD3xFuIb69RLGbTnSCxTR_nrs866Qnx79p-jPCZzhXyhrp34SdajKQJss7juRPow/s320/IMG_4042.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629181859358630194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We even had a visit from BBC London News who were covering the initiative.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Xb4xqSFOSLgyuG5hx0ze702tAucLhbFE5Qn27uOXL6WqqqC3yIXk27x_Cx-wz7SlLXqc5BlHXzYx7ubZ0OH0ufMY2a9WWnuv02e5opl1JZQWJq9CKaf3v0slLp1biZmBfhtUh7SntUQ/s1600/IMG_4027.JPG"><br /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343730982886092545.post-72370262900818789222011-07-05T02:08:00.000-07:002011-07-12T13:15:36.733-07:00RUNNER BEANS - A FRENCH MUMMY'S GUIDE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJIK9jDIfLJ73R63oNwVygfFdOziSilBqVb69dDAp_QihYKyurORQqK7E_4AXiV7uKd1UmO5smsfwW23_38KarqaMZvVGcxpBgVsdgaY-pAzlpl0mDNf4dZ68BylDw6ZP6DSr_ORdQ1I/s1600/Photo0363.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJIK9jDIfLJ73R63oNwVygfFdOziSilBqVb69dDAp_QihYKyurORQqK7E_4AXiV7uKd1UmO5smsfwW23_38KarqaMZvVGcxpBgVsdgaY-pAzlpl0mDNf4dZ68BylDw6ZP6DSr_ORdQ1I/s320/Photo0363.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625802584943930562" border="0" /></a><br />Speaking to a charming group of French mums at the school gates I realised not everyone knows the traditional way to prepare and cook that old English classic, the Runner Bean.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt9UAqvebxgMIWAQa1SkAhHkDSD-JFgkhNiAjCD0m6a885KJbUpj6kxHH3bs1XmuGvP_JPDCNZtHROjul5kR4me5zw35J-zMsBj1MbOqIcDjq4F5w_JxAze8389rp8-hiH_Ccep2XOn_E/s1600/Runner+Beans+01.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt9UAqvebxgMIWAQa1SkAhHkDSD-JFgkhNiAjCD0m6a885KJbUpj6kxHH3bs1XmuGvP_JPDCNZtHROjul5kR4me5zw35J-zMsBj1MbOqIcDjq4F5w_JxAze8389rp8-hiH_Ccep2XOn_E/s200/Runner+Beans+01.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625797131335330386" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLKi1FmOaG0K9-TOgF6Li3OtpUq6L4xe6PG03N9j8maeAOYMzG42QBO-KuczutENhOp17dFgRon281wWPq8CQkqZcwUbU1ARQEF7PLrjjPS9JJ_y35WHKm6QDGNU4gfaqeNNyHqE4wh0/s1600/Runner+Beans+02.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLKi1FmOaG0K9-TOgF6Li3OtpUq6L4xe6PG03N9j8maeAOYMzG42QBO-KuczutENhOp17dFgRon281wWPq8CQkqZcwUbU1ARQEF7PLrjjPS9JJ_y35WHKm6QDGNU4gfaqeNNyHqE4wh0/s200/Runner+Beans+02.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625797138160061666" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCscrfDv_deReH3kogy9-nm-01gJmef5dwNY9sbN7A1nD_KsBKeX8KlRSKAqy_V2PZujBvdIzw-cUJddE6RGN6YLTIckDh4niOXimcoIyciVZSd7TEn1-UisyAdybzdtTHUANoXIY79xc/s1600/Runner+Beans+04.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCscrfDv_deReH3kogy9-nm-01gJmef5dwNY9sbN7A1nD_KsBKeX8KlRSKAqy_V2PZujBvdIzw-cUJddE6RGN6YLTIckDh4niOXimcoIyciVZSd7TEn1-UisyAdybzdtTHUANoXIY79xc/s200/Runner+Beans+04.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625797150619568722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtq3bDiRN3u9wOxO1Td1svlD-mkOkTl38xVm98tAHEh3lOQCI-12tky2Z3rtlHn9FufxCvM2NgYt71iwKuI5QkjURWLxTEpzs-Q5keb6Tcfrchqso3viinEc_hkZ4dejDG-sDEhfNs3R4/s1600/Runner+Beans+06.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtq3bDiRN3u9wOxO1Td1svlD-mkOkTl38xVm98tAHEh3lOQCI-12tky2Z3rtlHn9FufxCvM2NgYt71iwKuI5QkjURWLxTEpzs-Q5keb6Tcfrchqso3viinEc_hkZ4dejDG-sDEhfNs3R4/s200/Runner+Beans+06.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625797160245981442" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLNcprfpFB_30LKMtkrSKvbBdPcyTR2eml7eAgpPhU7HerwwB5l6_E2_1Vdfv22kf54Cp1jKPF6BJDDBhwdYJNTKaYkBNiwigGU_10TNFixRrjldx41NV8Cjik1qi0G-bAm5BwKkND-o/s1600/Runner+Beans+07.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLNcprfpFB_30LKMtkrSKvbBdPcyTR2eml7eAgpPhU7HerwwB5l6_E2_1Vdfv22kf54Cp1jKPF6BJDDBhwdYJNTKaYkBNiwigGU_10TNFixRrjldx41NV8Cjik1qi0G-bAm5BwKkND-o/s200/Runner+Beans+07.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625797164734293826" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqu5bvr2Rzhv4Du0T8MLMSKIp-mS5k420w7pYM_x3vFPFwH6-CraLY_MhIrnna_5yV8b1PVmdx3HDAXXju70E2Iebqw6iU-IOXTfELhXf110MY9XoC9vrxFFjr6bsI0eFyhqkLTzMtEtU/s1600/Runner+Beans+09.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqu5bvr2Rzhv4Du0T8MLMSKIp-mS5k420w7pYM_x3vFPFwH6-CraLY_MhIrnna_5yV8b1PVmdx3HDAXXju70E2Iebqw6iU-IOXTfELhXf110MY9XoC9vrxFFjr6bsI0eFyhqkLTzMtEtU/s200/Runner+Beans+09.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625797914267542274" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzDShyphenhyphenEWEzCpMJz7AL1JoJUhVNZDK-dTAZg1KdR4E5rs3f_AnwOWzsBrsNRkbpEcwSFSZBMTZPhD7NXfbWFnJonh_cbNGwnBHJA7pxWxgm4QL8-eXVvIBnR0PCfsnB4LFGruJo9T1ZzUg/s1600/Runner+Beans+10.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzDShyphenhyphenEWEzCpMJz7AL1JoJUhVNZDK-dTAZg1KdR4E5rs3f_AnwOWzsBrsNRkbpEcwSFSZBMTZPhD7NXfbWFnJonh_cbNGwnBHJA7pxWxgm4QL8-eXVvIBnR0PCfsnB4LFGruJo9T1ZzUg/s200/Runner+Beans+10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625797917046894898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />There you go - easy!<br />Steam for 5-6 minutes, max.<br />Bean strippers will be available at La Cuisiniere I expect.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343730982886092545.post-32727481700470711172011-07-05T01:56:00.000-07:002011-07-05T02:08:28.441-07:00Garlic Garlic Garlic Garlic!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLFdncuKKYL4vAgpSZdECgro8yxtt-i8-hO7VlcxlskM3fr1pqhdLQgkd91kfWlflFtuQGpBthz5YMRmjCGSQRIu_kNV1YUlGwQMnOUXAZSimVqJ2phii7GYKpFTyjBvgWhyIMy9ys9uw/s1600/Garlic+01.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLFdncuKKYL4vAgpSZdECgro8yxtt-i8-hO7VlcxlskM3fr1pqhdLQgkd91kfWlflFtuQGpBthz5YMRmjCGSQRIu_kNV1YUlGwQMnOUXAZSimVqJ2phii7GYKpFTyjBvgWhyIMy9ys9uw/s320/Garlic+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625790168528642210" border="0" /></a><br />This year's garlic crop was easily the best yet. We sold all of the crop (about fifty bulbs) at the summer fair.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBnGD5QoAXscB7uH_qJiKgxqn6Ra4IBgd0plvexpOKPOWoZzjwfqZl_rtF8vtpzs8ZdtaudIKQcwEebDarRqwCg-LM_VkUFkjD8zUXMirqLCqTxd-M3YHI0vxWu_r4-v3jYaD4tJzzMk/s1600/Garlic+03.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBnGD5QoAXscB7uH_qJiKgxqn6Ra4IBgd0plvexpOKPOWoZzjwfqZl_rtF8vtpzs8ZdtaudIKQcwEebDarRqwCg-LM_VkUFkjD8zUXMirqLCqTxd-M3YHI0vxWu_r4-v3jYaD4tJzzMk/s320/Garlic+03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625791502200448002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfm-7PFmpRwqTYXmx2Yfh2EhiFQ8YftwtZAUqkAQUcZ2wRdTG9EWZ9GZUNAzlA02VaHI2eGD3L8momh5HttOFMSpe6IXDTYUb_o1dCAcOUCmReKvKZ5t3Im0kF8Zvszz2XVXDy_Xi2go/s1600/Garlic+02.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfm-7PFmpRwqTYXmx2Yfh2EhiFQ8YftwtZAUqkAQUcZ2wRdTG9EWZ9GZUNAzlA02VaHI2eGD3L8momh5HttOFMSpe6IXDTYUb_o1dCAcOUCmReKvKZ5t3Im0kF8Zvszz2XVXDy_Xi2go/s320/Garlic+02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625792512883633586" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBnGD5QoAXscB7uH_qJiKgxqn6Ra4IBgd0plvexpOKPOWoZzjwfqZl_rtF8vtpzs8ZdtaudIKQcwEebDarRqwCg-LM_VkUFkjD8zUXMirqLCqTxd-M3YHI0vxWu_r4-v3jYaD4tJzzMk/s1600/Garlic+03.jpg"><br /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343730982886092545.post-17149560287445869262011-06-23T02:44:00.000-07:002011-06-23T05:37:56.188-07:00Disappearing Potatoes Shock<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLN1pdyIEH6SibAoXQMSJSYzNCzrhLo76EcK3s41dJ1f4Z8ccyMLipUFuFvjVWa_7DxpMas7lsWXhAnrdxZITq7p2AFlCYcKWcwia-ilsSuBfqiyGYX2kYHxh2vF8tqzOzeV7nmILncJE/s1600/Photo0300.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLN1pdyIEH6SibAoXQMSJSYzNCzrhLo76EcK3s41dJ1f4Z8ccyMLipUFuFvjVWa_7DxpMas7lsWXhAnrdxZITq7p2AFlCYcKWcwia-ilsSuBfqiyGYX2kYHxh2vF8tqzOzeV7nmILncJE/s400/Photo0300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621350393668194242" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />I'm not sure what happened but the potatoes have vanished. Until quite recently there were huge plants emerging from the bed closest to the artroom, but now all that is left is an empty, raked-over bed.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlnCcpSQleHDsn2h8Ikd7iljGa5Nvtrnb9lyILYZaEIF7jDvWmqnwjaIbp4vlfAaU7bMRmfjxeP99mTNKi6qJnynhFJQTmYt6Y_UkFQV9TolyGBqXQ4GRTk7RjI_t8lQTCTgcoBx_jl_g/s1600/Photo0299.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlnCcpSQleHDsn2h8Ikd7iljGa5Nvtrnb9lyILYZaEIF7jDvWmqnwjaIbp4vlfAaU7bMRmfjxeP99mTNKi6qJnynhFJQTmYt6Y_UkFQV9TolyGBqXQ4GRTk7RjI_t8lQTCTgcoBx_jl_g/s400/Photo0299.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621350385720506290" border="0" /></a><br /><br />These photos were sent to me anonymously and show a gang of suspected desperados -possibly starving outlaws forced to forage for food wherever they can find it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUgfH5frxFdua3ltdVtkvbc93SW6-aam1ktGNmEkhl9WG6a3KscDZwL5IJFUx3LPbZanmnL-LviJtFEK8ExDXoQtGlDZaElRNra6AKGLJvtZnMek0ISs3XotMUEr9ZFGsjBTxRJindOz8/s1600/Photo0302.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUgfH5frxFdua3ltdVtkvbc93SW6-aam1ktGNmEkhl9WG6a3KscDZwL5IJFUx3LPbZanmnL-LviJtFEK8ExDXoQtGlDZaElRNra6AKGLJvtZnMek0ISs3XotMUEr9ZFGsjBTxRJindOz8/s400/Photo0302.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621351412913826322" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Good luck to them I say!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_7XNu5Tqdmp9ZvW5klUpNrWJBIJ4j6VKHWJWHwPw8U-eo3mjQ3bZCuw9N1GpRrsMYpB1rj_fvnXGRYqo5SmdkJ30bHzB3dd0AjaGcIQIIvGshu72Hop64Wq91-SykiFU5f1uBCZoldg/s1600/Photo0301.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_7XNu5Tqdmp9ZvW5klUpNrWJBIJ4j6VKHWJWHwPw8U-eo3mjQ3bZCuw9N1GpRrsMYpB1rj_fvnXGRYqo5SmdkJ30bHzB3dd0AjaGcIQIIvGshu72Hop64Wq91-SykiFU5f1uBCZoldg/s400/Photo0301.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621350407213895058" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343730982886092545.post-40111239183262803592011-05-19T13:22:00.000-07:002011-05-31T01:06:13.780-07:00Tomato action!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGjGRVfaQQT4EZXxNjlFmUqMknVO2Tlrt9-ZeNeLXtY4heILezeyivbMZUh3LND7Fj0mFqJovQ3Yd1XwXOmVuC3nVGqNy7TLSK52JOkxupqL7ORKiwTAeO4_j3bKXQll9lglzJWhyphenhyphenoK3E/s1600/IMG_3841.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGjGRVfaQQT4EZXxNjlFmUqMknVO2Tlrt9-ZeNeLXtY4heILezeyivbMZUh3LND7Fj0mFqJovQ3Yd1XwXOmVuC3nVGqNy7TLSK52JOkxupqL7ORKiwTAeO4_j3bKXQll9lglzJWhyphenhyphenoK3E/s200/IMG_3841.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608525832299800418" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Yes, we have no bananas, but we've got these tomato plants, last few remaining.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZPz1GKQBYZBu2WClsKJNbK4FzbGOAgfOL3tvvCt9MJrTcp72rRgcu55SopEWKOw1JQvB4F3JW7hpJvs593KBwbE_9d6c_Wsb61BFWSJdh1EU4RL9ST2iutJdBwVhPJSSaukq7b0MRiiI/s1600/IMG_3842.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZPz1GKQBYZBu2WClsKJNbK4FzbGOAgfOL3tvvCt9MJrTcp72rRgcu55SopEWKOw1JQvB4F3JW7hpJvs593KBwbE_9d6c_Wsb61BFWSJdh1EU4RL9ST2iutJdBwVhPJSSaukq7b0MRiiI/s200/IMG_3842.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608525838523422866" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Tiny flowers about to appear! Treat 'em well and they turn into tomatoes. How <span style="font-style: italic;">do </span>they do that! Have planted four plants in the school garden so far.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343730982886092545.post-60556419084254860932011-05-12T08:23:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:39:10.547-07:00Strawberry cage<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5WMzTxnkaD4vXrJ41ARhwgTPd8m8LooQHVRRpBrD6nY8dYOI3Iedjcde4Bss6MPK6EE_02PpcMMkLyOj-NjPeBWCJRcRecMnPdN5rtXDwNP-iO4PKdnJjBZ9Ymf5xV1e9ukFqdAatzI/s1600/Photo0189.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5WMzTxnkaD4vXrJ41ARhwgTPd8m8LooQHVRRpBrD6nY8dYOI3Iedjcde4Bss6MPK6EE_02PpcMMkLyOj-NjPeBWCJRcRecMnPdN5rtXDwNP-iO4PKdnJjBZ9Ymf5xV1e9ukFqdAatzI/s320/Photo0189.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605850827999899778" border="0" /></a>Fed up as I am with foxes and pigeons messing with me plants I´ve built a little cage - or at least some sticks with netting attached - to protect these stawberry plants. Fingers crossed!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUGlKMz39YgVZ8n5_HeHwCad2rkwJqAIbxdhizylQpP28cULoyGht5z-h3duv0cVIH_eJ77jLDd-DcdxCkzAz7pxvRBqflHntudX6s2lRbkexkDTaeixW5ytZ-w0woZYrTButjHwAzkk/s1600/Photo0188.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUGlKMz39YgVZ8n5_HeHwCad2rkwJqAIbxdhizylQpP28cULoyGht5z-h3duv0cVIH_eJ77jLDd-DcdxCkzAz7pxvRBqflHntudX6s2lRbkexkDTaeixW5ytZ-w0woZYrTButjHwAzkk/s320/Photo0188.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605850821465976370" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343730982886092545.post-28123011473420677432011-05-05T07:03:00.000-07:002011-05-05T07:32:12.369-07:00Spring harvesting<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9St0I9HFGK49eDzwBhKrtEQ63doWuUz8D01E1cK6VvdRZzVm6Cbg7mEUxXpR1v4r5CvVnLc-EDZvUIOcRsAcR4khDUFyzFLCZxv95vsqiiOzojo_OqPt-RMAc_GdM4CRWT_fOexOLzg/s1600/Photo0181.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9St0I9HFGK49eDzwBhKrtEQ63doWuUz8D01E1cK6VvdRZzVm6Cbg7mEUxXpR1v4r5CvVnLc-EDZvUIOcRsAcR4khDUFyzFLCZxv95vsqiiOzojo_OqPt-RMAc_GdM4CRWT_fOexOLzg/s320/Photo0181.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603234530913879570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In the foreground you can see the nasturtiums which we planted in order to attract blackfly and greenfly away from the runner beans. The beans themselves were grown by year one students.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6JkdwnVGa99pRxprDir3HtbK3wBOi8Z61InFhAhI7U_KxTJBlZm7GnjeTodn-0eliQZZ0QXnvDNvUQPufNmm28ix9sAHekHk3MrJ7QJHTHQlOsefFEUDL0XVaP51z2ps_RN3gwjSQxM/s1600/garlic+and+strawbs.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6JkdwnVGa99pRxprDir3HtbK3wBOi8Z61InFhAhI7U_KxTJBlZm7GnjeTodn-0eliQZZ0QXnvDNvUQPufNmm28ix9sAHekHk3MrJ7QJHTHQlOsefFEUDL0XVaP51z2ps_RN3gwjSQxM/s320/garlic+and+strawbs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603233886080659458" border="0" /></a>I salvaged strawberry plants from the bed that was removed to make way for the new quiet area entrance. Most have been sold but the last few will be for sale on Friday at drop off, in the upper playground. The pots have been placed amongst the garlic plants.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0dbynZU16XFbLRi3Y2IJ-pgy-N_J6pexbC1qh-YWTFNHT235X4Y78kbXRTU8WP1Sups5-9vVG2rjkWaO5lIWOoGQVHEhv_vcfT1mBRwNecNIzitdhXh6SAVztXj88ITDtnz5m9VUN99o/s1600/Cabbage.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0dbynZU16XFbLRi3Y2IJ-pgy-N_J6pexbC1qh-YWTFNHT235X4Y78kbXRTU8WP1Sups5-9vVG2rjkWaO5lIWOoGQVHEhv_vcfT1mBRwNecNIzitdhXh6SAVztXj88ITDtnz5m9VUN99o/s320/Cabbage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603233889877622562" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The cabbages are fairly small then!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3YtUnZ9hykp6hl7C8nOtxdG2ls6p7h6JwgnHDLrxh7lPc2x_Q2QbjLbL0tOYLVYtvWqepYQrW9jfa7SDCefDAW5rioCgHahiEhbrA4TS5AZaxo95kxEDZAAV7SWBfdO5s8XLQxOuMm4/s1600/Broad+Beans.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3YtUnZ9hykp6hl7C8nOtxdG2ls6p7h6JwgnHDLrxh7lPc2x_Q2QbjLbL0tOYLVYtvWqepYQrW9jfa7SDCefDAW5rioCgHahiEhbrA4TS5AZaxo95kxEDZAAV7SWBfdO5s8XLQxOuMm4/s320/Broad+Beans.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603234528125950674" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Broad beans are almost ready for harvesting.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOW4d6wkkjBmgPkzQr_ekNrWbQcBGSKJWasWswYOJGE4dbt3bpXo9nvRLlIeNXymI29ganrQO6OKj6ko-HNuo8qIshnoi-WC3s0amT6IcN9cK3JNi3v-lOP9g0z1HSZLHZJjAM9mVh8g/s1600/spuds.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOW4d6wkkjBmgPkzQr_ekNrWbQcBGSKJWasWswYOJGE4dbt3bpXo9nvRLlIeNXymI29ganrQO6OKj6ko-HNuo8qIshnoi-WC3s0amT6IcN9cK3JNi3v-lOP9g0z1HSZLHZJjAM9mVh8g/s320/spuds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603233874497348882" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The potatoes are the ´first early´ type, so we should see the plants flowering soon.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIiQ1O4MLPDCiT9KrwG97wmGnhwLfg11c72wCZzoOINZVdemYdhb9E19IYbGaNkGQDANXjQdHqFZ5k_yFCHKLTUzx5CXFx1iwSjBI_VgmJT8YM2xuadBoo4ag2f1oURMYKw4GbZp97Y0I/s1600/gemm+lettuce.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIiQ1O4MLPDCiT9KrwG97wmGnhwLfg11c72wCZzoOINZVdemYdhb9E19IYbGaNkGQDANXjQdHqFZ5k_yFCHKLTUzx5CXFx1iwSjBI_VgmJT8YM2xuadBoo4ag2f1oURMYKw4GbZp97Y0I/s320/gemm+lettuce.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603233876701222162" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />These lettuces were sold yesterday. Mine had a few tiny slugs in amongst the leaves. Very nutritious!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_708Sj5U91MFKerUbbYgcAfPz-RT9ACeQc7UADyFuw6uNJE2fLsBBB0V94tpxs-EsMJ9QISDHBvk78ldXTTrRIfFtExKVhXtYH6SeMbd6LVo1E3EZx5dI5ZnJqUB4zkLZpQCftlxWIU0/s1600/wide+shot.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_708Sj5U91MFKerUbbYgcAfPz-RT9ACeQc7UADyFuw6uNJE2fLsBBB0V94tpxs-EsMJ9QISDHBvk78ldXTTrRIfFtExKVhXtYH6SeMbd6LVo1E3EZx5dI5ZnJqUB4zkLZpQCftlxWIU0/s320/wide+shot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603233870709860050" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Onions in the foreground. The leaves are delicious!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343730982886092545.post-88320908295944647932011-03-12T12:05:00.000-08:002011-03-13T05:51:41.708-07:00Quiet Area developments and new plantings<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtF9chRJEAn3ecnccWi3Qg8H2rVmchTRsfF4FmkfwHVB-aXhyphenhyphen4FIC37Fpbds0ccTRLX0MDbIdJ0WikbCRYszwI3iVGJn2hGc0O6cr9fcfOj7dD3xM6hUBjvu2Phhhb0g2NIAvpEj7uw8/s1600/Photo0104.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583473496763301042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtF9chRJEAn3ecnccWi3Qg8H2rVmchTRsfF4FmkfwHVB-aXhyphenhyphen4FIC37Fpbds0ccTRLX0MDbIdJ0WikbCRYszwI3iVGJn2hGc0O6cr9fcfOj7dD3xM6hUBjvu2Phhhb0g2NIAvpEj7uw8/s200/Photo0104.jpg" /></a><em>Click on images to enlarge</em><br />Major renovations of the 'Quiet Area' have begun. The idea is to make it less of a thoroughfare and more of a place for the children to go to read, play games and sit and talk. A new canopy is being built and walls are being painted a shade of olive green. Very calming!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5HeZYEcOmJHLd4uP8MMS_uWjKjLKhEhGa2gt2l63JxtCkrOcxdQXRVwrwSw7fTdOgCDqnFQex5Ccy4fKHBgKj3SsSm2IpjAeNjdKCNtpofFzcLY8G4YaxLLuhDDASHtZASXYq9mF3Sw/s1600/Photo0100.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583287813297822738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5HeZYEcOmJHLd4uP8MMS_uWjKjLKhEhGa2gt2l63JxtCkrOcxdQXRVwrwSw7fTdOgCDqnFQex5Ccy4fKHBgKj3SsSm2IpjAeNjdKCNtpofFzcLY8G4YaxLLuhDDASHtZASXYq9mF3Sw/s200/Photo0100.jpg" /></a><br />Both access gates will go, to be replaced by a single central gate that will allow access from the lower playground through the veg garden along a path made from the new quiet area covering, which will probably be a form of artificial grass.<br />The upshot of this is that the <strong>strawberry bed</strong> [<em>left</em>] will have to go.....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJYDru1hbvJWLYupsnrIOJgaVfLgzt6at2o7BpMxkCfSLQ6p1l73lXfEGeGWsSfAVZjiAz40OxQnl0Ndr5GZCwhgi9suqYpVKV6zgniWsAa85KbKwRdh8XxZxwULAD1eAGlrjPUyY22k/s1600/Photo0101.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583287818280743922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJYDru1hbvJWLYupsnrIOJgaVfLgzt6at2o7BpMxkCfSLQ6p1l73lXfEGeGWsSfAVZjiAz40OxQnl0Ndr5GZCwhgi9suqYpVKV6zgniWsAa85KbKwRdh8XxZxwULAD1eAGlrjPUyY22k/s200/Photo0101.jpg" /></a>.....so in order not to have to throw away the plants that survived the winter I've repotted about twenty of them into pots, and they seem to be doing well so far. These will be available for purchase if any parents fancy having a pot or container of strawberries in their garden or patio. The strwberries are famous for being very sweet although they do have a habit of disappearing, especially during break time for some reason.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_B-rX_6VjJLU9aaCnC-mTJa7Q9SAiSM3iibahx_JHEfey2gCNUee1SbKziWxkUJgnMC6oMzIN2jKcDeOCu5q3oGTwzuHHvbodjATD1JhQw8Jl_4nwfuhyphenhyphenWYtT857ltwcJHsaOQwNMU8/s1600/Photo0094.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583287797686460802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_B-rX_6VjJLU9aaCnC-mTJa7Q9SAiSM3iibahx_JHEfey2gCNUee1SbKziWxkUJgnMC6oMzIN2jKcDeOCu5q3oGTwzuHHvbodjATD1JhQw8Jl_4nwfuhyphenhyphenWYtT857ltwcJHsaOQwNMU8/s200/Photo0094.jpg" /></a><br />[<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Left</span>] This bed has been allowed to veg out over the winter and is half empty as the earth was used for topping up the other beds which have settled over the years. After a quick weeding job I planted two rows of <strong>potatoes</strong>. Hopefully these ´earlies´ will be ready in June or early July at the latest.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPiz2PAiV6scL8YvP_7uJh0HjQFXICb4kEfapkRifdsb8yah1u4lTUnLD_R0y389wYMq_vjcZLn3lFo82b8RWY_ckTmQs9u2myj4oqYgWfQAtRw0ogqBzuofFsEQjhw_W1P2KeDzCBaQ/s1600/Photo0096.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583287801092757874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPiz2PAiV6scL8YvP_7uJh0HjQFXICb4kEfapkRifdsb8yah1u4lTUnLD_R0y389wYMq_vjcZLn3lFo82b8RWY_ckTmQs9u2myj4oqYgWfQAtRw0ogqBzuofFsEQjhw_W1P2KeDzCBaQ/s200/Photo0096.jpg" /></a>Of course the fox/foxes dug some of them up overnight, resulting in the new (chitted) growth getting removed. This will probably result in some of the new plants not growing successfully. Grrr.<br />Speaking of foxes, lets hope that the new single gate access will result in the Quiet Area becoming a fox-free zone! (Plea to Baki, can we not have a large gap under the gate so the foxes can't squeeze through?)<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg45fxZq8-KtC3WcVPCQRknvPBG4-sSi-efY_Ap_MIcCeMMfY9rQaTlmd2Oxi36f15RusAN0BR6icmKcsUdt29K2ds1bgmTMH8aN0hHzuOwVFU3wevlO-p3Tsw4G3KPRTu2F0doPyFwS7M/s1600/Photo0099.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583287809377565682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg45fxZq8-KtC3WcVPCQRknvPBG4-sSi-efY_Ap_MIcCeMMfY9rQaTlmd2Oxi36f15RusAN0BR6icmKcsUdt29K2ds1bgmTMH8aN0hHzuOwVFU3wevlO-p3Tsw4G3KPRTu2F0doPyFwS7M/s200/Photo0099.jpg" /></a>The earth from this bed has also been used for topping up the others, but prior to it being topped up with earth from the strawberry bed I added a layers of sand, then bark chip, then a layer of half matured leaf mould (real leaf mould takes two years to mature, ours has had one).<br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,153,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxPLBgW6L-ip3EbK4Z-AwcDaE8oGF0k43BQyGUwPT6ghAzQN8-Z3AR-4hrh0v9durrth9-Fj3sb7UBDWOUQn6nolO0wbIKCyY6R1PN93sMbawZ6j5Bx0N9VTUD31zCjdcEn-HyDSrz7g/s1600/Photo0097.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583491377230557474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxPLBgW6L-ip3EbK4Z-AwcDaE8oGF0k43BQyGUwPT6ghAzQN8-Z3AR-4hrh0v9durrth9-Fj3sb7UBDWOUQn6nolO0wbIKCyY6R1PN93sMbawZ6j5Bx0N9VTUD31zCjdcEn-HyDSrz7g/s200/Photo0097.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Keeping the pigeons off the <strong>cabbages</strong> been a bit of a battle over the winter, and I´ve added an extra layer of netting to keep the greedy #*!%*s at bay. Pigeons, this is your final warning: One more nibble and I´m reaching for the shotgun.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,153,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HRTj7itsI4vU8B2qc15u57_seFaTsvrTVIYzOtWBOgph4ZpZmmTLCgW90dDSRTCLo_IBL4xO5EfUFhxRayfa7rBghy24RvnQIdWXqY2IMf_zbNvQf2MMYO-p6q-VwPEwpDyU9TyTp68/s1600/Photo0098.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583491602673806274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HRTj7itsI4vU8B2qc15u57_seFaTsvrTVIYzOtWBOgph4ZpZmmTLCgW90dDSRTCLo_IBL4xO5EfUFhxRayfa7rBghy24RvnQIdWXqY2IMf_zbNvQf2MMYO-p6q-VwPEwpDyU9TyTp68/s200/Photo0098.jpg" /></a> As mentioned in the previous posting I´ve dug a trench where the <strong>beans</strong> will grow and filled it with half rotted compost from the tumbling composter. Very smelly but great food for the beans and worms.<br />Speaking of worms, it´s almost time for holding another ´bring a worm to school day´!<br />Nature alert: Look out for the Lesser Spotted Crombie, seen in the area in the last few days!<br /><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,153,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br />Any Belleville parents who would like to get involved with the veg garden in whatever capacity please contact me.<br />Cheers, Jim Dutton. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343730982886092545.post-27448602415235359132011-03-10T02:09:00.000-08:002011-03-13T01:26:21.960-08:00Spring is in the air?At last, after what has seened liked the longest winter ever, the weather seems to have changed for the better, making the idea of gardening seem much more pleasant!<br /><br />I have a couple of egg boxes of potatoes chitting away in a sunny window, and have been about to plant them a couple of times when the night frosts have intervened. I'm hoping to get them into the ground on Friday, so long as the weather holds.<br /><br />I'm also going to try a bean growing trick that I read about recently. The idea is to dig a trench where you intend to plant your beans, and fill it with half rotted compost. This forms an ideal supply of food for the beans which can be quite hungry plants. I'm thinking of growing the purple podded variety again this year as they were popular and easy to harvest (being purple, rather than green). It's also good fun watching them turn green when boiled or steamed.<br /><br />The garlic and onions seem to be doing well despite the attention of foxes (who dig them up in their pursuit of worms). As usual the pigeons have nibbled the cabbages, which they'll do when there's no more easily available food around. They'll hopefully stop when the cabbages are bigger and the leaves they've nibbled can be removed and added to the compost.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343730982886092545.post-20057935679364416262010-11-01T01:03:00.000-07:002010-11-02T05:30:14.668-07:00New plantings for winter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmdQxBKZpyCDiRX-XmahyhV-jacUywIJFDjKJeSr1hDaaNcB-gUnZXXGPz1iEXLT2XyLZqzciWqubH3Uc-NtLftOAtsALBskrW88xDtpsN1aV2uy1i_v3Pzgam7lsE-qqDr5CK-PyhbpY/s1600/IMG_3668+-+Copy.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmdQxBKZpyCDiRX-XmahyhV-jacUywIJFDjKJeSr1hDaaNcB-gUnZXXGPz1iEXLT2XyLZqzciWqubH3Uc-NtLftOAtsALBskrW88xDtpsN1aV2uy1i_v3Pzgam7lsE-qqDr5CK-PyhbpY/s320/IMG_3668+-+Copy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534923601529712370" border="0" /></a>As you've probably noticed most of the plants (tomatoes, chillies, courgettes, squash etc) have been dug up and consigned to the composter. All that remains are the purple podded beans (the success of the year) and some nasturtiums.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTrBGpWCz3CwwDr01NcJkHnQzsDftguYRIqoM97tdbKX81WJxgIsnxU-PkzjuIGhnukPG6cVHehEUY5PO4DKw1w-2UD5iRjjpm3_k-jeH0sdGU9QyyYmAfzABVGV5vQrUoG1YFGycb2Q/s1600/IMG_3651+-+Copy.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTrBGpWCz3CwwDr01NcJkHnQzsDftguYRIqoM97tdbKX81WJxgIsnxU-PkzjuIGhnukPG6cVHehEUY5PO4DKw1w-2UD5iRjjpm3_k-jeH0sdGU9QyyYmAfzABVGV5vQrUoG1YFGycb2Q/s200/IMG_3651+-+Copy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534924051228287650" border="0" /></a>The present mild spell has created a window for planting new crops to occupy the beds for the winter season. A visit to Terwins Seeds on Bury St Edmunds market provided some very handy plug plants: cabbage, broad beans, pea shoots and lettuce, all of which were a decent size, which should see them thriving before the temperature drops. The idea of planting now is that the plants should establish themselves and grow very slowly over the winter, giving them a head start when spring arrives in March. It should also mean that the broad bean growing tips avoid the curse of greenfly, as they are small and at their most vulnerable before the greefly season.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8PAo1gLquCaiaTxmnmLtietPQnAeEwAQuuFrriic5xg_WWRo5mbRMpO4Z_IP7jiE4LDS21ZiZif1LsSt-9O8n6pDU_QGz-JKGbw-9x0nHGnWHWj3Qs11-hvynb9rYeSsOZTONsvALveI/s1600/IMG_3654+-+Copy.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8PAo1gLquCaiaTxmnmLtietPQnAeEwAQuuFrriic5xg_WWRo5mbRMpO4Z_IP7jiE4LDS21ZiZif1LsSt-9O8n6pDU_QGz-JKGbw-9x0nHGnWHWj3Qs11-hvynb9rYeSsOZTONsvALveI/s200/IMG_3654+-+Copy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534924460856529442" border="0" /></a><br />Still to be planted are the onions and the pea shoots.<br /><br />I was helped yesterday by Simon from <a href="http://www.thelondoncycleworkshop.co.uk/">The London Cycle Workshop</a> and his friend Sue. To tell the truth, I sort of messed about while they did most of the work - I could get used to this supervising lark! Sue planted an entire bed of (Solent Wight) garlic while Simon planted broad beans and lettuce. We are hoping to hold a cycle workshop where Belleville pupils can bring their bikes to school one Sunday and learn about bike safety and how to clean and look after their bikes. Could this be the birth of the Belleville Bicycle Club?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hEUa9F3WVqiOpe2AJe1wC52AWeljc3Wx_biVJwB6cda8OVc2UW-W6W1AiJWzgCOsejtEx323u9ofY6x8R4UOGJ5ReDhFRIccWnyA-q9tbF5uwpEfIwExYJbW4Zph_y3AJZhTxqkBEXc/s1600/IMG_3659+-+Copy.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hEUa9F3WVqiOpe2AJe1wC52AWeljc3Wx_biVJwB6cda8OVc2UW-W6W1AiJWzgCOsejtEx323u9ofY6x8R4UOGJ5ReDhFRIccWnyA-q9tbF5uwpEfIwExYJbW4Zph_y3AJZhTxqkBEXc/s200/IMG_3659+-+Copy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534925245407400114" border="0" /></a>We were watched by the new addition to the Belleville Veg Garden, the beady eyed Alberto. His job is to scare off the foxes (ha!) and to keep a look out for strawberry thieves.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxk7ItslMqA7gNu4uz-0Kee1WDavMiD-E5wl_ZTUoj7wsTRRMbvaco-UInQpVtOsrqmO7ABLS9-jtleumqGBll3-xnRE43E6nlFAe0PJdKnv7E7KRZ_jmw0yNoR-tDxNSQO9AL8J8tdq4/s1600/IMG_3664+-+Copy.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxk7ItslMqA7gNu4uz-0Kee1WDavMiD-E5wl_ZTUoj7wsTRRMbvaco-UInQpVtOsrqmO7ABLS9-jtleumqGBll3-xnRE43E6nlFAe0PJdKnv7E7KRZ_jmw0yNoR-tDxNSQO9AL8J8tdq4/s200/IMG_3664+-+Copy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534926357019176626" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><br /><br /><br /><br />This fleece is there mainly to keep the foxes off the beds. They like to dig for worms and slugs which apparently make up a major part of their diet.<br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343730982886092545.post-39236326797857869422010-08-28T00:27:00.000-07:002010-09-17T02:01:15.686-07:00New fence<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw0nFqIc3fdLga4YGfsn69cohfdoMzXiNDtJkXN-az_A4P2UoKVDMyNF3D7z1Q3IPj7vyD5Rtwy0O0ZfmFleA9pBUDsl3LQJn4exHVxfK558TUVMYoV9Rv1T0a3RPD1sgGV-U2xwUSHRc/s1600/Image012.jpg"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; display: block; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510367402795222418" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw0nFqIc3fdLga4YGfsn69cohfdoMzXiNDtJkXN-az_A4P2UoKVDMyNF3D7z1Q3IPj7vyD5Rtwy0O0ZfmFleA9pBUDsl3LQJn4exHVxfK558TUVMYoV9Rv1T0a3RPD1sgGV-U2xwUSHRc/s320/Image012.jpg" border="0" /></a>We have a new fence at the Belleville veg garden. We´ve given it a couple of coats of rustic looking wood preserver and a good sandpapering. There´s now a bit more room inside the fence so that larger groups of children can visit the garden more easily, as we hope to integrate with the school carriculum more fully this year.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTadJCq78IgelJO2Dpyb_HacWYNue3rCaUzVVcjIzJ4pp5pWxq3VkxPy5zLpVlc4XMyZXB2pFpWttQzvtyS0lxyY4gYq-F0d0sZ8jKN2_P280AD7a3fLo8LznwfrHiSTy03JuH3Xh1omU/s1600/Image010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 150px; float: left; height: 200px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510367639733854450" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTadJCq78IgelJO2Dpyb_HacWYNue3rCaUzVVcjIzJ4pp5pWxq3VkxPy5zLpVlc4XMyZXB2pFpWttQzvtyS0lxyY4gYq-F0d0sZ8jKN2_P280AD7a3fLo8LznwfrHiSTy03JuH3Xh1omU/s200/Image010.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />[<span style="font-style: italic;">Left</span>] <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">A highly trained craftsman gives the fence a coat of ´Eco Preserver´</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMHDHjF_UWzGcJ8sqkI4JXfy03HsAJz0Rzm0xNlR019AMe9G9d8JKnxLAS3CjgcKrw6L4CLQ0r6FwhwrnECokzHaYeoVLtJq_hWMdvcocMeDNGShgYDMAmNxRwk5jY-alaZnF5S4h-Y8M/s1600/Image011.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px; float: right; height: 150px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510367941043184050" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMHDHjF_UWzGcJ8sqkI4JXfy03HsAJz0Rzm0xNlR019AMe9G9d8JKnxLAS3CjgcKrw6L4CLQ0r6FwhwrnECokzHaYeoVLtJq_hWMdvcocMeDNGShgYDMAmNxRwk5jY-alaZnF5S4h-Y8M/s200/Image011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />[<span style="font-style: italic;">Above</span>] <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Skills like these don´t come cheap you know!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaDK_fBUkoPFpgSEjGnV7a2ixDHRh2jjcYFkK8wIzidKNoIlFcxp_T7AzuHu11NXffubjqPP3nzqhAu3QXlcBbSAbVtiuMkepr76WbXpFpyWAEHbRfYcRCQl1JTiirjg6li_otqhlz4v8/s1600/Image004+%282%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px; float: left; height: 150px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510372162779728818" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaDK_fBUkoPFpgSEjGnV7a2ixDHRh2jjcYFkK8wIzidKNoIlFcxp_T7AzuHu11NXffubjqPP3nzqhAu3QXlcBbSAbVtiuMkepr76WbXpFpyWAEHbRfYcRCQl1JTiirjg6li_otqhlz4v8/s200/Image004+%282%29.jpg" border="0" /></a>While we were on our hols in France the garden had a real growth spurt! The beans in particular had done really well. They are the ´purple podded´ variety chosen because they show up so well and are therefore easy to pick. They also seem not to have attracted a single greenfly/blackfly which is a huge advantage. Although purple when picked they go green when boiled, something that goes down well with the children.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGpsxeV2jHMkcJDu0KhycjHltmO5M1LmZT31gZ3MJ5txDabpzgefRY_FsCmm4ebaJODqkVXS4OjtiIkrLtt97k28hm9kYAfYb-nPb_Dndf1nrinF8ZFwr6krzlcOwLIkGYBHKurrxPIE/s1600/Image009.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGpsxeV2jHMkcJDu0KhycjHltmO5M1LmZT31gZ3MJ5txDabpzgefRY_FsCmm4ebaJODqkVXS4OjtiIkrLtt97k28hm9kYAfYb-nPb_Dndf1nrinF8ZFwr6krzlcOwLIkGYBHKurrxPIE/s200/Image009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511639766277526114" border="0" /></a><br />The courgettes also went crazy and some turned into marrows. The tomatoes and sweetcorn are now ripening and the squash are growing rapidly. The tomatoes are delicious and, as happened a couple of years ago, the Radiator Charlie´s Mortgage Lifters are set to be enormous (and delicious!).<br />Next year we really need to make sure produce gets picked in August so we´ll be looking for volunteers! Pick your own localorganic veg. Can´t be bad.<br />I´m hoping to have some produce for sale in the upper playground at pick up next week, either Monday or Tuesday.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVh7mOleZNuSmohURijUpX3h_XlQpR-o5kNYfxdWaMg9gg1fgjcBWwijzXLAOXdl1CAQ3wUSjGBgxtRosV3qB7DOHF_UV9sGXYKILNmfuHIgMo2vaTX7nZpj_fNEZPa_O5Zr-xPpOJq48/s1600/Image007.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVh7mOleZNuSmohURijUpX3h_XlQpR-o5kNYfxdWaMg9gg1fgjcBWwijzXLAOXdl1CAQ3wUSjGBgxtRosV3qB7DOHF_UV9sGXYKILNmfuHIgMo2vaTX7nZpj_fNEZPa_O5Zr-xPpOJq48/s320/Image007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511640486061651586" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">[Above] The finished fence looking quite sturdy</span><br /></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343730982886092545.post-82192038877795295552010-07-15T00:35:00.000-07:002010-07-16T09:32:31.300-07:00Two major new additions to the garden!<span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Very excited to report that on a visit to the Hampton Court Flower Show I bought a tumbling composter and an automated irrigation system for the vegetable garden.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI551QkR1hKPj1tf0zZ0iCuM0bitjJq_yarti0V5Y8XpPyY0s9w_GyHoaKORsMs7hft061aIxwzTpJ1jedAQzJ_oZ1tkljda1SySu3_X1mt6EBH1F4qUo81CsfEgAEd7JYKq-uvBXBA0U/s1600/Image001.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI551QkR1hKPj1tf0zZ0iCuM0bitjJq_yarti0V5Y8XpPyY0s9w_GyHoaKORsMs7hft061aIxwzTpJ1jedAQzJ_oZ1tkljda1SySu3_X1mt6EBH1F4qUo81CsfEgAEd7JYKq-uvBXBA0U/s200/Image001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494036329313368754" border="0" /></a>At last we have a composter for Belleville School so our green credentials have been significantly boosted! The advantages of this style of composter are that it produces compost much more quickly than the Dalek style bin as the air gets in as it tumbles, and that it´s cleaner being off the ground.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0CD1rdEsERkpcHlQ1taNPCZt42A5Osc7f4k23WXD5x83ZanPMp-ZKmPTYVtdCbngUlibMa5R54zh0iMJZcoxVkRAC0fo0IpSop7WMeuoQbh7EQEJuMDoRytLkoTxVYekXEjeOsI6vws/s1600/Image000.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0CD1rdEsERkpcHlQ1taNPCZt42A5Osc7f4k23WXD5x83ZanPMp-ZKmPTYVtdCbngUlibMa5R54zh0iMJZcoxVkRAC0fo0IpSop7WMeuoQbh7EQEJuMDoRytLkoTxVYekXEjeOsI6vws/s200/Image000.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494036197151022498" border="0" /></a> Feel free to add your vegetable and fruit peelings. It helps if you add some pieces of brown cardboard as well. Please stop adding stuff if the sign on the handle says 'full'.<br />For full details on what to compost see the section at the end of this post.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:arial;" >IRRIGATION SYSTEM</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYJh2gtR_SXsWLzlQzQKYS6SCr32YqOO3OS5jhhWuOtLCrcpuFUCJu5jY_tQZWc7tLr0c-BDm3p7PI7ZTF9YFwjxSBYa4lPOeJuU7lpkBkdcBJGnynYLvWcYJYd5dqOETxMw0kUAUMj8/s1600/Image000.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYJh2gtR_SXsWLzlQzQKYS6SCr32YqOO3OS5jhhWuOtLCrcpuFUCJu5jY_tQZWc7tLr0c-BDm3p7PI7ZTF9YFwjxSBYa4lPOeJuU7lpkBkdcBJGnynYLvWcYJYd5dqOETxMw0kUAUMj8/s320/Image000.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494493857413296130" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Over the last couple of days I've installed (with help from Nick Ward) a timer controlled irrigation system which should really make life easier. Of course it rained most of the day I was installing the main pipes but that was to be expected.</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Being built on top of tarmac when the raised beds dry out the soil is unable to suck up moisture from the ground as happens in normal flower beds. The problem with watering with a hose is that only the top inch or so of soil gets wet and this can </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDPoPBjeNJUzfDd508e2ylfHFNJBkhRVoLWZU8FAR0PYEuAFQfsF5bGXz5UwBKVNssLKz9bqOUtaU7uzQDPScc0NfjM7SzRj3OAwFkI2_7_ilqXbyat6EXPVddoQhrBItF0T0EO1R05A/s1600/Image003.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDPoPBjeNJUzfDd508e2ylfHFNJBkhRVoLWZU8FAR0PYEuAFQfsF5bGXz5UwBKVNssLKz9bqOUtaU7uzQDPScc0NfjM7SzRj3OAwFkI2_7_ilqXbyat6EXPVddoQhrBItF0T0EO1R05A/s200/Image003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494504600459793010" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >confuse the roots which start growing upwards instead of downwards. But the main problem is that plants like courgettes, squash, beans and strawberries will not produce crops if they think there isn't enough water to do so. Baby courgettes shrivel up when they're a couple of inches long. The new dripper system will ensure that the beds get a thorough soaking and will help produce better crops and keep everything ticking over, even when we are on holiday.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Zfvqd4Mmw2KhnifyLXCGTpoN2AoREassZJxs1xe7y8eRBdIiYY244uBNdNnniX81ON_khi9zdVgzhjx7zUTSg1lObnYeibAanTLsN6YfjvpeH6ajvD8z7xbPUBRna0VPUvjbmCkQg8I/s1600/Image005.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Zfvqd4Mmw2KhnifyLXCGTpoN2AoREassZJxs1xe7y8eRBdIiYY244uBNdNnniX81ON_khi9zdVgzhjx7zUTSg1lObnYeibAanTLsN6YfjvpeH6ajvD8z7xbPUBRna0VPUvjbmCkQg8I/s200/Image005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494035717695925154" border="0" /></a>The <span style="font-style: italic;">beans</span> are doing well. I´ve just wind proofed the supports as we´re experiencing blustery weather. The beans will be purple but turn green when cooked. I´m hoping this will make them easier to harvest as they should stand out against the green leaves.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3g4lj0D5a__tPzg2c9NUEec6my5p2qF0gw6EvmUbMQ16MPw66yIy8Uu4vz8dYaJnDCn9R5817jcISotZhaVP6rc0M5HpPzPycDx40_LYUald-jRrwHWqy0Ornh_HlUvLmQ6jpQabWFks/s1600/Image004.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3g4lj0D5a__tPzg2c9NUEec6my5p2qF0gw6EvmUbMQ16MPw66yIy8Uu4vz8dYaJnDCn9R5817jcISotZhaVP6rc0M5HpPzPycDx40_LYUald-jRrwHWqy0Ornh_HlUvLmQ6jpQabWFks/s200/Image004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494035845585845826" border="0" /></a>[Right] Expect lots of <span style="font-style: italic;">tomatoes</span> this summer. Christina of Lola Rojo will probably be harvesting during the summer holidays but I hope to make some available on ´gardening Sundays´.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4ytVVzOamhdOx660IfhyphenhyphenNdsHnWmTwg1s9WXs6eDbuFJuUkxUr9wlykc_z809zMnZsapQAzaGcq7Gt32JOGijo7Ko4iQKLwl54WDGtguAteIg2Gstdhnf6U5oQxZYrUL2OHc2K4rF1pk/s1600/Image007.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4ytVVzOamhdOx660IfhyphenhyphenNdsHnWmTwg1s9WXs6eDbuFJuUkxUr9wlykc_z809zMnZsapQAzaGcq7Gt32JOGijo7Ko4iQKLwl54WDGtguAteIg2Gstdhnf6U5oQxZYrUL2OHc2K4rF1pk/s200/Image007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494033917829941618" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJ7NqwdRdB3eyZDj8SsGKDLXsycpnwBh8M28aNo4iE3dTBFfskDxVMvv0vPyr4yPazhToCIpLGPs44NUVsT3QPQqnvhDrpuPcRSZgHjAqUMyPgUethJaHegX7Ni_uDkgT9JCiiwOe-i4/s1600/Image006.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJ7NqwdRdB3eyZDj8SsGKDLXsycpnwBh8M28aNo4iE3dTBFfskDxVMvv0vPyr4yPazhToCIpLGPs44NUVsT3QPQqnvhDrpuPcRSZgHjAqUMyPgUethJaHegX7Ni_uDkgT9JCiiwOe-i4/s200/Image006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494035419973020226" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Sweetcorn.</span> These are struggling, not sure why. Perhaps they haven´t had enough water.<br />The <span style="font-style: italic;">Courgettes </span>[below]<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>are just getting started and are enjoying a bit of rain after the dry spell. (They're now enjoying the drip feeder!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv__lsRb6hrH904E4ZdmuDE9PA3buus_7PI5gvejJyn0vnuaUjArLfk26w2yoDK0sWCq50fuPx44_j1oy3jGrjFn90t67d5jL686BiUtbA0tyT9YoiojhQeS-77GqJjtCrjUMR8Zo063U/s1600/Image002.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv__lsRb6hrH904E4ZdmuDE9PA3buus_7PI5gvejJyn0vnuaUjArLfk26w2yoDK0sWCq50fuPx44_j1oy3jGrjFn90t67d5jL686BiUtbA0tyT9YoiojhQeS-77GqJjtCrjUMR8Zo063U/s200/Image002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494036066490185010" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We only have a couple of <span style="font-style: italic;">chilli plants</span> [below] as I sold so many at the Northcote Road Carnival and the Summer Fair. 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The police estimate that nearly 10,000 people turned up to enjoy the music, floats, stalls and funfair rides. The Belleville plant and PTA stall had a very busy and raised over £400.00 for the school. Thanks are due to all the helpers who turned up on the day and made it more like a party than a chore. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 130%;">I mentioned the fox traps at Honeywell. Perhaps we could do with one at Belleville during the holidays. Apparently captured foxes are re-located to the countryside. For a nice holiday.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebya0wRN75LviBkow81PBJiyEQ_arugt5fY5x2dd9JmTY1yA1rVrWcrXZ76LKyn3-xanYye9P9-XR6wtl5KhX-dyRj2IxH1VUcRCgoSt6OLQf-zFnjLtqfXY_XDnFC_mhsNINs_6brx8/s1600/Image002.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479734182733340210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebya0wRN75LviBkow81PBJiyEQ_arugt5fY5x2dd9JmTY1yA1rVrWcrXZ76LKyn3-xanYye9P9-XR6wtl5KhX-dyRj2IxH1VUcRCgoSt6OLQf-zFnjLtqfXY_XDnFC_mhsNINs_6brx8/s320/Image002.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343730982886092545.post-68297910039327463042010-05-21T02:03:00.000-07:002010-06-29T11:15:45.905-07:0021st May - Tomatoes Planting out plan<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">29th June Update:<br /></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dug up the broad beans in bed 2 and planted</span>:<br />1 Cherry? Sungold?<br />2 Dominato<br />3 Super Marmande<br />4 Radiator Charlie<br />5 Radiator Charlie<br />6 Cherokee Purple<br />7 Super Marmande</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />In Bed 3 planted:<br /></span><span>2 Radiator Charlies at fence end of bed</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />3rd June Update:<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Dominato F1 planted in bed three (Greenhouse end is bed one)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Red Cherry planted in bed five</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Super Marmande planted in bed six</span>,<span style="font-family:arial;"> furthest from playground</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Sungold F1 planted in bed seven</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Can't remember what is planted in the smallest raised bed. Only time.....will tell.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">More to come when space become available</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Would all footballs/basketballs please avoid these plants. Thanks!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">UPDATE: Will all foxes please find somewhere else to dig.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">3rd June Update</span>:<br />Two Dominato F1s planted in Honeywell Nursery veg garden</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Saw fox trapped in cage. Photo to follow!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">13rd June Update</span></span>:<br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Bed six, middle of the bed.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">'Mutant' Super Marmande: Bed six, nearest playground</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343730982886092545.post-50574639819409967452010-05-01T00:02:00.000-07:002010-05-14T05:02:18.889-07:00THIS YEAR´S TOMATO VARIETIES<span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51); font-weight: bold;">We´ve selected a wide range of tomatoes to grow at Belleville School this year. Seedlings are already six inches tall and will be ready for planting out in a week or two. We´ll be selling a range in the playground soon so whether you´re after a small cherry tomato plant to grow in a pot on your patio, or you´d like to try your hand at growing a monster variety like Radiator Charlie´s Mortgage Lifter, I think we have the plants for you!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQSVdTKWrhyphenhyphenS2L4HyBhBqHb_nyC7BsNmiboMTZ-gvaMYHXLMSIbrn8WZfXbOP-y0_ugKt7Z3fqtBBRyaOHdGTNR_Sv5pDhQ1SQNcsLFSYrsMpkDhy7f-P1CBzOQTaxjxzUu3ij1ribWg/s1600/sungold.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px; float: left; height: 200px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466335331768791826" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQSVdTKWrhyphenhyphenS2L4HyBhBqHb_nyC7BsNmiboMTZ-gvaMYHXLMSIbrn8WZfXbOP-y0_ugKt7Z3fqtBBRyaOHdGTNR_Sv5pDhQ1SQNcsLFSYrsMpkDhy7f-P1CBzOQTaxjxzUu3ij1ribWg/s200/sungold.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">SUNGOLD F1</span><br />Cordon (Indeterminate). An excellent new tomato for greenhouse or outdoors to provide lots of deliciously different fruit for salads etc. Sungold has an exceptional and very high sugar content (it definitely rivals 'Gardeners Delight') and these attractive golden orange, approx. 13 gram, fruit are irresistible with a sweet flavour all their own -almost a dessert fruit! Sungold crops well and has resistance to Tobacco Mosaic Virus and Fusarium to ensure healthy plants.<br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqcWT61WLeMeJw-gBpaw2wLBXrdX1Aani-C6kzWyIKVRil6x_CcBCNFA3FF8Ba-JbaaeUQln8f8VNQRWc1JyhV15ORWxjACfw26s3yRWvKQk2ey-E3IJUt-6b4XHN_SxkhHKtYXo5ByA/s1600/Super+marmande.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px; float: right; height: 200px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466337494078379090" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqcWT61WLeMeJw-gBpaw2wLBXrdX1Aani-C6kzWyIKVRil6x_CcBCNFA3FF8Ba-JbaaeUQln8f8VNQRWc1JyhV15ORWxjACfw26s3yRWvKQk2ey-E3IJUt-6b4XHN_SxkhHKtYXo5ByA/s200/Super+marmande.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SUPER MARMANDE</span><br />Semi-Bush (Semi-Determinate). The favourite large-fruited tomato of Provence. Tomato Super Marmande is distinguished by its irregular cushion shape and touch of pink on the shoulders. Super Marmande is large, juicy, well flavoured fruit and a great improvement over an already excellent variety.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">DOMINATO F1</span><br />Czech variety. Round red fruit weighing between 140 and 160 gram. Distinctive scalloping on the upper side. Tolerates cooler temperatures. Very good resistance to disease. A good basic tomato with excellent flavour. A favourite of our nanny´s granny!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-OUosHrQ17ZU1R_W4Cg6tcUc6E9VDnt0S9TSVbTcEWEj2ezPHDCvRCcOFTL4WloTO2tuVfQrUOfFjNKJo4KXTJtAT0TAqmH5MIAZdBB6aT-gs8HG_QCcw7kQNmUQtqkkwJCby3yqHhbE/s1600/Mortgage-Lifter_225.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 174px; float: left; height: 200px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466343344839957794" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-OUosHrQ17ZU1R_W4Cg6tcUc6E9VDnt0S9TSVbTcEWEj2ezPHDCvRCcOFTL4WloTO2tuVfQrUOfFjNKJo4KXTJtAT0TAqmH5MIAZdBB6aT-gs8HG_QCcw7kQNmUQtqkkwJCby3yqHhbE/s200/Mortgage-Lifter_225.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">RADIATOR CHARLIE´S MORTGAGE LIFTER</span><br />Sometime during the early 1940's, a Mr Marshall Cletis Byles of Logan, West Virginia, otherwise known as Radiator Charlie (a radiator repair man by trade, unsurprisingly) decided that he wanted to develop a very large tomato, so he set about trying to locate the largest tomatoes that he could find. He soon located four varieties of very large tomatoes: German Johnson Pink, Red Beefsteak, an unknown Italian variety and an unknown English variety. From these, he grew ten plants which he cultivated in a very unorthodox, unique fashion. He planted nine of the plants in a circle and then planted a German Johnson Pink in the centre of the circle. Byles then cross pollinated the German Johnson's flowers with pollen from each of the nine plants in the circle and saved seed from the resulting tomatoes. The next year, he planted the seeds and selected the best seedlings. The very best of these again went to the centre of a circle, while the remaining were planted in a circle around them. Again, the plants in the middle were hand pollinated with pollen from those in the circle. Byles repeated this process for the next six years until he had created a stable variety that met his needs. After that, he never had another type of tomato on his place. The resulting variety became known as the Radiator Charlie's Tomato and soon established themselves as being very desirable. Every spring, gardeners from as far away as 200 miles came to buy their tomato seedlings from Radiator Charlie, which he sold for one dollar each, which was a substantial amount of money for a tomato plant back then. Mr. Byles sold so many tomato plants of his new variety over the next five or six years that the profits of his tomato enterprise paid off the $6000 mortgage on his home! After that, the tomato variety became forever known as Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter Tomato! In 1985, Mr. Byles shared some of his seed with the Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, who formerly introduced it to the general public. Ever since then, it has been a very desireable tomato variety.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lzlRYCfx86fjaY-DYKntNzW4GljkCVlPK_jfvAYL-mbAMTPICBeiP_P7dOpVNZklMRGyUvoTaUHWIzP47UPRRO4MG8jNw-Gv6GCrjrAKvmwdu9rsHclXUL2m61AYl2rzLZBYg_MX5Sw/s1600/Red+Cherry.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px; float: right; height: 132px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466344139629301890" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lzlRYCfx86fjaY-DYKntNzW4GljkCVlPK_jfvAYL-mbAMTPICBeiP_P7dOpVNZklMRGyUvoTaUHWIzP47UPRRO4MG8jNw-Gv6GCrjrAKvmwdu9rsHclXUL2m61AYl2rzLZBYg_MX5Sw/s200/Red+Cherry.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>RED CHERRY</strong> (Cordon)<br />This is a standard large Red Cherry Tomato that produces small round, red and sweet tomatoes. Great for salads or using in stir-fry and other cooking. A great and prolific producer. Red Cherry was originally introduced way back in the 1880's and has been growing strong ever since. Just like the ones your grandmother used to raise! A popular, disease resistant variety that will produce a high yield. A compact habit means it is ideal for those with small gardens and for planting in pots.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhav0W96RYONZflSHnOjCD-xpph2UsxW5xno27WQwHc3L2pbuluKC18IimxOSzO99l44Sj2sJGUj8qe16_CNzTG_k3hwBLZsluwlzXXUGyaRWOUC1VA8aTfMNxIUa4sOQDLbglLXt_BOWw/s1600/minibel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 166px; float: left; height: 200px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466345268320767026" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhav0W96RYONZflSHnOjCD-xpph2UsxW5xno27WQwHc3L2pbuluKC18IimxOSzO99l44Sj2sJGUj8qe16_CNzTG_k3hwBLZsluwlzXXUGyaRWOUC1VA8aTfMNxIUa4sOQDLbglLXt_BOWw/s200/minibel.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">MINIBEL</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This is an ideal variety for people with a small garden, patio or balcony, preferably south facing as tomatoes like plenty of warmth. In a sunny spot it will reward you by producing tasty tomatoes that are ideal for salads, roasting or nibbling straight from the bush. Also suitable for a pot as it is low-growing (45-90 cm).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1wg9tU7-_EZepYp9I9uCJjWRH3b2lndnRy_G_nha7uA7X95FbgqpKEv0ANC9w4wmxdnfQBlG_KkPFkISM7NqXPXFA9mhQm3QY1hWMKkl6bFUq6tlROJrLAKWaYFayvZ8wv4I59R3WBU/s1600/tornado+f1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px; float: right; height: 162px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466350852529407826" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1wg9tU7-_EZepYp9I9uCJjWRH3b2lndnRy_G_nha7uA7X95FbgqpKEv0ANC9w4wmxdnfQBlG_KkPFkISM7NqXPXFA9mhQm3QY1hWMKkl6bFUq6tlROJrLAKWaYFayvZ8wv4I59R3WBU/s200/tornado+f1.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;" align="right"><strong></strong></div><div style="text-align: right;" align="right"><strong></strong></div><div style="text-align: right;" align="right">You can grow the <strong>TORNADO F1</strong> variety without pruning and it will produce an abundance of normal sized round tasty tomatoes. Great if you have a sunny area of your garden or patio that you can set aside for tomato production!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkkl5nuWATwTwp2kCUnfH_HB3ASJNOdXSi-0psSkT4bXfyCMzcJij8iGs2a22YGKQIOPW1JmE9ZDEiPnqKKR7_JsbrjmiwMGH84nZmVuOrBfJdaE-rP1acod-Sg85_ex_Gp-Q3M2bfkk4/s1600/cherokee_purple_tomato.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px; float: left; height: 180px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466353243828788674" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkkl5nuWATwTwp2kCUnfH_HB3ASJNOdXSi-0psSkT4bXfyCMzcJij8iGs2a22YGKQIOPW1JmE9ZDEiPnqKKR7_JsbrjmiwMGH84nZmVuOrBfJdaE-rP1acod-Sg85_ex_Gp-Q3M2bfkk4/s200/cherokee_purple_tomato.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CHEROKEE PURPLE</span><br />One of the few tomatoes to have its own dedicated website (http://www.cherokeepurple.com/) this is apparently an amazingly delicious beefsteak style tomato, great for slicing and serving in salads, rather than cooking. If you love tomatoes sliced with a little olive oil and black pepper, this could be the one for you!<br /></div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">After last year´s disaster when a young Dutton removed all the plant labels, the seedlings are in pots marked with dots or initials designating the variety:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Minibel - One dot</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Dominato F1 - Two dots</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Super Marmande - Three dots</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Sungold F1 - Four dots</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Red Cherry - Five dots</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Radiator Charlie - RC</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">F1 Tornado - F1T</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Cherokee Purple - CP</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOMATO PLANT CARE</span><br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pruning Cordon (indeterminate) varieties</span> : As soon as the flower trusses start to form the plant will begin to produce shoots in the joints between the stem and the leaf. By nature the tomato is a bushy plant, but allowing these shoots to grow will result in a mass of bushy foliage and small fruits. Remove sideshoots by "pinching out" using your thumb and forefinger. Repeat this every two days towards the end of the season. When the plant is bearing six or seven trusses of fruit break off the growing tip cleanly just above the second leaf above the top truss. The plant can then concentrate all of its resources into growing fruit.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">De-leafing:</span> Removing the lower leaves of the plant will encourage it to channel its resources into fruit production and improve ventilation close to the soil.<br />Feeding and Watering: Tomatoes need plenty of moisture but not a saturated soil. Twice daily watering is a must in hot weather. Greenhouse grown crops will benefit from a good misting by spraying the whole greenhouse including floor, staging etc.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Harvesting: </span>The bottom trusses ripen first and you can if you like pick the tomatoes before they are quite ripe. Sever the stalk at the "knuckle" just above the calyx. They can complete their ripening on a windowsill within a few days. Removing the crop before it's ripe helps the plant to concentrate on the next lot of fruit. </div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343730982886092545.post-41595922156336100652010-04-26T10:42:00.000-07:002013-06-14T06:10:45.703-07:00Post (extended) Easter break roundup<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjEhyF-FkMT1sIKgcFGUNh6fU-JOD1UV3q9RvIC5BJBNpNUcw26EuL2uAk_OM5lRMcjMdBQ3f8srqse-ccsHorFr_ATVdqp9-UpltR7QdVY3g7KP4q0K1CgVvskljW9Et8cKFopbwVlY4/s1600/elephant+garlic.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464536709200482594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjEhyF-FkMT1sIKgcFGUNh6fU-JOD1UV3q9RvIC5BJBNpNUcw26EuL2uAk_OM5lRMcjMdBQ3f8srqse-ccsHorFr_ATVdqp9-UpltR7QdVY3g7KP4q0K1CgVvskljW9Et8cKFopbwVlY4/s200/elephant+garlic.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 150px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">April is one of the busiest times in the garden (especially the veg garden) and it´s also the time that Duttons go away every year. This y</span><span style="font-family: arial;">ear the ash cloud turned our two weeks into three.</span> <span style="font-family: arial;">Just before we left for the airport on the 3rd April I seeded a few rows of salads assuming that there might be a bit of rain in early April (which you´d expect right?). Well, as you know there wasn´t, so they didn´t germinate. Apart from that though, everything did pretty well considering the lack of water. </span> <span style="font-family: arial;">The garlic (which don´t like much water) have thrived, although some look like they´ve been chewed by a giant garlic chewing thing. The elephant garlic is already much beefier looking than its ordinary cousins.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiO8YFN3ulKkPZH_enfW-jFxIjRI_jMtuD3kVi6LF6jkA5in9OpkTzmba1fewiHEmnd9vVYGcuDfiRMbBfFrtG-N66O2o_h8Gqdb02OPHt6X0x0Ntm1OFZJUmouFGIcm9alxq9y6KWy4Q/s1600/broad+beans.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464538769508654370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiO8YFN3ulKkPZH_enfW-jFxIjRI_jMtuD3kVi6LF6jkA5in9OpkTzmba1fewiHEmnd9vVYGcuDfiRMbBfFrtG-N66O2o_h8Gqdb02OPHt6X0x0Ntm1OFZJUmouFGIcm9alxq9y6KWy4Q/s200/broad+beans.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">The broad beans have done extremely well. I planted them in Oct/Nov with a view to getting an early spring crop. They´re in flower now so we should see the beginnings of beans in a couple of weeks.</span> <span style="font-family: arial;">The spinach and swiss chard are going great guns. Netting them has kept the pigeons off effectively.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKWnTyQe_Cxxr7NrkUOnTdvw4NiyDOTfn7Qt9zB7tsFgfpPi2N-cwKKl_i4K8swL80JfG-lDB8RkSc0JGvtL-45o_5FWrw7Q-jKpwNEtl91Xzi4akjKgBabLgyjVJNIgTejUoEORkWNiM/s1600/onions.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464539857317391826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKWnTyQe_Cxxr7NrkUOnTdvw4NiyDOTfn7Qt9zB7tsFgfpPi2N-cwKKl_i4K8swL80JfG-lDB8RkSc0JGvtL-45o_5FWrw7Q-jKpwNEtl91Xzi4akjKgBabLgyjVJNIgTejUoEORkWNiM/s200/onions.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /><br />The onions are doing quite well in an Alistair Darling sort of a way.</span><br />
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[<span style="font-style: italic;">below</span>]Swiss chard always adds a splash of colour!<br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJIPUmp7ZUIhyphenhyphenOQpn2s-Je46fIf-SR79KZuCXTWaWftim8RfvW-MpryUKy7RBYnUFYnP7GoBniCk6rcjP68yTJ9NNaf624W30kfjm6lYVC5cGGq5ZKOHaqovEKEuwQIpxNtOs1yPXkoY/s1600/fennel+close+up.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464540474207534930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJIPUmp7ZUIhyphenhyphenOQpn2s-Je46fIf-SR79KZuCXTWaWftim8RfvW-MpryUKy7RBYnUFYnP7GoBniCk6rcjP68yTJ9NNaf624W30kfjm6lYVC5cGGq5ZKOHaqovEKEuwQIpxNtOs1yPXkoY/s200/fennel+close+up.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">My ongoing failure to grow fennel properly may have ended, as these plants look great. Maybe the secret is not to water for three</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> weeks when you´d think it would need it most.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">At home I have a lot of tomato seedlings (and quite a few more trays have been looked after by some very kind volunteers). They were watered by our builders and are looking very healthy. They´ll be available in the playground shortly, so don´t buy any weedy things from B&Q and the like!<br />Hopefully see you in the playground soon for a produce sale, or maybe at one of the gardening Sundays that I´ve been threat</span><span style="font-family: arial;">ening to hold for some time!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343730982886092545.post-9118595018525487182010-01-15T07:43:00.000-08:002010-01-15T07:57:49.885-08:00The Beginning<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >For the benefit of new parents who weren't here before the veg garden was</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" > built, here are a few photos of the day the soil arrived and a team of volunteers transferred it to the raised beds. The whole operation only took an hour and a half which just goes to show that many hands make light work.</span><br /></div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-hDxeF3vOipwiaGNvfSGi-dDZhTVR7sL8NrZ1yYLHwPYcb_B7osFmNN3b_g5rP6XCu5ErMpxiNl8gk82FEupyCpz_8W-7CgjQeam4a4QOfHgx1G1kaRBmRF1zFzBaxAkswZ_h50VMgA/s1600-h/n725682058_704709_4401.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-hDxeF3vOipwiaGNvfSGi-dDZhTVR7sL8NrZ1yYLHwPYcb_B7osFmNN3b_g5rP6XCu5ErMpxiNl8gk82FEupyCpz_8W-7CgjQeam4a4QOfHgx1G1kaRBmRF1zFzBaxAkswZ_h50VMgA/s320/n725682058_704709_4401.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426992949484066162" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjLOJCLOyuSItd0EZAttd4TGIHqv4O6pnuD3TyukIk3Td6emkEwWfGIU2sdEXDska3fo0D1rLPX6WcprZQGdtLkDrIaEVkwVex4JJpr9hZOFGvHakJP2_LZEGV27uS-gtYtQKaPub1WU/s1600-h/n725682058_704719_8652.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjLOJCLOyuSItd0EZAttd4TGIHqv4O6pnuD3TyukIk3Td6emkEwWfGIU2sdEXDska3fo0D1rLPX6WcprZQGdtLkDrIaEVkwVex4JJpr9hZOFGvHakJP2_LZEGV27uS-gtYtQKaPub1WU/s320/n725682058_704719_8652.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426993215506277586" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5L_LxI1ZYWwr_bKnc0aMHomXEVIPxHGtzhTfmZTs7lsKW2KvtHl_D-fItM53k-ZETErQnb-TSFxEMZYnPP9DSo_phuoep21Rc5Cdaah_3z7ajqR2UBtYG7DfqgouDsxiu_xJHo8MW5AQ/s1600-h/n725682058_704724_744.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5L_LxI1ZYWwr_bKnc0aMHomXEVIPxHGtzhTfmZTs7lsKW2KvtHl_D-fItM53k-ZETErQnb-TSFxEMZYnPP9DSo_phuoep21Rc5Cdaah_3z7ajqR2UBtYG7DfqgouDsxiu_xJHo8MW5AQ/s320/n725682058_704724_744.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426993519292985042" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincdE99wJa-mm1wcNlSykwLXGo_PTn9aw829b5TWytwRDJE6dd-FQJUCmXiKJ3gXfNxr9gQcxoEZVpf3ALQodfT4JdglqXaQBVCOz7jI9Ro3Qe0Thgv80hjAT8l5SoizMvpylbCLKIzJk/s1600-h/n725682058_704726_1503.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincdE99wJa-mm1wcNlSykwLXGo_PTn9aw829b5TWytwRDJE6dd-FQJUCmXiKJ3gXfNxr9gQcxoEZVpf3ALQodfT4JdglqXaQBVCOz7jI9Ro3Qe0Thgv80hjAT8l5SoizMvpylbCLKIzJk/s320/n725682058_704726_1503.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426993770420232786" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPiGFlHEYwFFlfDkak5isYoeKakcxTx2API8OYYK3h57Rpl7ZgmlsOku0I1XAImkOn2_VRtlU2FRI1jxYu8gr1VbJyPwd9amQLnzpI8Mxs-32nxFyWXXi8av_fv88IvIhZeuvgcGEaOkc/s1600-h/n725682058_704729_3051.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPiGFlHEYwFFlfDkak5isYoeKakcxTx2API8OYYK3h57Rpl7ZgmlsOku0I1XAImkOn2_VRtlU2FRI1jxYu8gr1VbJyPwd9amQLnzpI8Mxs-32nxFyWXXi8av_fv88IvIhZeuvgcGEaOkc/s320/n725682058_704729_3051.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426993977335904674" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLstjF_PN7CpJtexiYOklbIS6HaPk4nPNlH-WU14bOm8WGf1CSUy7lc6wUmrE7bgoShjjBCYSm52DIhCns2L_93DlQbFEm2bxGYdOYMSzWHhfZNsxT30ClIzPXaqOv8i-Fn8z38sjVJb4/s1600-h/n725682058_704734_5531.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLstjF_PN7CpJtexiYOklbIS6HaPk4nPNlH-WU14bOm8WGf1CSUy7lc6wUmrE7bgoShjjBCYSm52DIhCns2L_93DlQbFEm2bxGYdOYMSzWHhfZNsxT30ClIzPXaqOv8i-Fn8z38sjVJb4/s320/n725682058_704734_5531.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426994243538523426" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0