Kate Corder

Month: June 2011

  • 326 Garlic and Onion Harvest

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    11th June 2011 – Allotment Plot 326 – It was necessary to harvest the Garlic, Onions, and the rest of the Broad Beans. Garlic and onions were dug out of the soil. The remainders of the over-wintered Spinach that had gone to seed were removed. Last night there had been a hail storm followed by…

  • Elements, Garlic Harvest, Bamboo

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    7th June 2011 – Allotment Plot 326. The Bean plants that had been planted a few days before looked like they had been through war, left to interact with the elements and wildlife. Ella Montt found it hard to know if the plants would recover from the havoc they had experienced. The weather was changeable…

  • Planting Harvesting Drought Rain

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    25th May 2011 – At Allotment Plot 326, the first Garlic harvest of the year (2011) happened, (more to follow).  Garlic Harvest = 5oz = 120g. Plants were transplanted from the fixed up greenhouse to Plot 326. Plants were: Tomato Gardeners Delight x 18; Courgette Patriot F1 x 2 and Cocozelle x 2; Beans (French…

  • Ella Montt Interferes with Plant Life

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    katecorder

    Ella Montt interferes with plant life at MERL Fête. Excessive companion planting (Pot Marigolds) and Mint rhizomes will be uprooted and given away. Date: Saturday 4th June 2011 Time: 14.00-15.00 Place: Allotment Plot At MERL Museum of English Rural Life Redlands Road Reading