Jun 16
£25m EuroMilions winner spends money on allotment
posted by: Digitalquill in General, News on 06 16th, 2009 | | No Comments »

I found this story on the BBC site and thought it was a little gem. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8102282.stm Think I will do this for my Dwarf French Beans if I win next week!

Jun 4
Ants eating Strawberries?
posted by: Digitalquill in Pests, Strawberry on 06 4th, 2009 | | No Comments »

The strawberries are coming along great, those under the Victorian Cloches have produced several ripe fruits and those in the fruit cage, although not as far along are heavy with fruit. The disappointing thing is that the ripe fruit have little holes nibbled in them. I first suspected that this was slugs however thinking about [...]

Jun 4
Video – Lifiting the First Potatoes
posted by: Digitalquill in Harvest Record, Potatos on 06 4th, 2009 | | 1 Comment »

I lifted the first potatoes today, I dug up one plant just to see what stage they were at. This was the first row of the first earlies planted, they are Duke of York. As you will see I got a nice little crop from it, although there were many more little potatoes starting to [...]

Jun 4
Potato Salad Dinner
posted by: Digitalquill in General, Recipies on 06 4th, 2009 | | No Comments »

After lifting the first of the new potatoes, I created a potato salad with it. Here are some pics of the mal I created from it. We also had lettuce and raddiish followed by Strawberries… This is the life!

Jun 2
Over 2000 YouTube Views Thanks Everyone!
posted by: Digitalquill in Video on 06 2nd, 2009 | | No Comments »

Just reporting back on the progress of the YouTube channel. It has not had over 2000 views, so a big thank you to everyone who has spent time watching my videos. I will try and keep them up throughout the season.

Jun 1
Progress on the allotment 30th May 2009
posted by: Digitalquill in General, Photos on 06 1st, 2009 | | 2 Comments »

I thought I would do a photographic update this week rather than a video update, just as something a little different, I am pleased witht he progress, everything apart from the dwarf french beans are coming along well. I may plant some in pots back here at home and see if they can establish themselves [...]