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Painting the Clouds With Sunshine
Guess what I've been up to today? It has been so miserable lately with plenty of this:Battered Tomato House.. and this:The EnemyToday the skies are leaden once more, but during a dry spell this morning...
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All about Alliums
On Sunday I planted out the maincrop leeks: MusselburghMaincrop LeeksA neighbour quized me about filling a watering can in this weather, but you need to puddle in the transplanted leeks to settle their...
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Before the Flood
It's been raining all day and so I have decided to post a record of the state of a week ago. I did a video but have given up after a week of trying to upload it... so here are the stills.(I've missed...
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Galloping Garlic
So here it is - my first garlic harvestI dug them up a week ago and stored them under cover to dry off. Today I cleaned up the bulbs.King of the crop has to be the one "Elephant" garlic:Some bulbs had...
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The Raw Truth
If you think I've gone a bit quiet lately here's the reason:Here's a view of Lady Road Allotments:The Burn at Lady Road Allotment SiteFrom the left it is: railway embankment - allotments - path -...
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Blowing Bubbles
What other blog takes you from shit to champagne in successive posts? Back here: June 24th I made some elderflower champagne. I bottled it a week later and left it for a generous 4 weeks before...
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Blue Gold
It's taken two years but the first blueberries have arrived:First BlueberriesHere's how they look today:Bushes todayIt all started as a big disappointment as the three "bushes" I ordered turned out to...
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Weeds 0 Mal 1 (After Extra Time)
What to do with that extra Bank Holiday day? Given the state of the plot there was no question: Weeding. I started at on end and just got on with it. Of course it rained incessantly. After three...
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Slugging It Out
Late season review - FruityThere's a sense of panic here as the days are noticeably shorter and the nights are cooler. Will the tomatoes ripen? or the blueberries?Green BluberriesIt's time to start...
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No watering this year!
The one area that has benefited from all the rain this year is our normally neglected front garden. It is north facing onto a busy street and is the one area that is reserved for ornamentals....
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BOGOF - City of Edinburgh Council Style
Don't you wonder when the supermarkets offer a 50% discount - Isn't the price of one double what it used to be?In a similar vein, City of Edinburgh Council offer 50% subsidized allotment plots for...
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Edinburgh Allotments - FEDAGA
FEDAGA is the representative body for Edinburgh allotment holders. Every Edinburgh allotment tenant (about 1,300 in total) is a paying member.You might be surprised that FEDAGA has suggested to City of...
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FEDAGA - FAIR RENT?
The first column of this table shows the rent agreed by the Edinburgh wide allotment association FEDAGA (Federation of Edinburgh & District Allotment and Garden Association) and landlord City of...
View ArticleGardening 267 Golf 6
In its first Allotment Strategy: Cultivating Communities(2002) City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) adopted the following comparability factors:The level of allotment rents in the rest of Scotland and the...
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At the end of the year
A visit to the plot today confirmed the inevitable The frost and wind have stopped the beans in their tracks and killed off the courgettes. That's it for this year!2012 has been the wettest coldest...
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Is that all there is?
Beans have been a waste of time this year - even runner beans! I grew them at the allotment and I grew them in raised beds but the results were like the weather - dismal!Barlotti - Nul pointsBlue Lake...
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One for Tanya - Celebrating Celeriac
Last year I tried growing celeriac, and all I got was straggly roots. See here So this year I was pleased when I got a celeriac this big:How big? Well not that big.......but at least the stem...
View ArticleEdinburgh Allotment Factsheet
In 2012 City of Edinburgh Council are renting out 1,037 allotment plots (and 21 raised beds).The rent is £80 per plot (and £35 per raised bed)Full rental income (plots x rent) = £83,695The Council...
View ArticleExtra, Extra, Read All About It
Just time to say I made the paper today with the Edinburgh plotholders' plight:See this link:Edinburgh Evening News
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Trick or Treat
After the rain and cold of 2012 I'm worried about 2013. ...so I'm hedging my bets.The big question is: have the past 5 years been a downward trend that will continue with an even colder wetter year ,...
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