tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81955988765388491532024-03-19T12:53:52.554+00:00Books, pictures & vegMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05776465371463507630noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195598876538849153.post-27104115576275628862021-04-21T17:50:00.004+01:002021-05-04T09:52:39.054+01:00Cargo Bike Survey TestThis wss a test survey for a possible cargo bike service in Devizes. Any responses in this test will be useful to see if it works, but will be disregarded in the final results.
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Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05776465371463507630noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195598876538849153.post-20780525831045919162020-08-07T22:30:00.003+01:002020-08-07T22:32:24.793+01:00Figs<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJf7cTQ1Gjix19HbYb7547CvfQCjjaTzHTytLDYgRXeDh9rUYD9ACH3bl0RaYqyDGS93NiGC4cyKA8kuaufAdnMKecU6t0-LvlO6eLAh42tA03U3__HZGTeTcDWrbdw8XfCoJFv7EoYapQ/s2048/figs+001.jpg" style="clear: left; display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1089" data-original-width="2048" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJf7cTQ1Gjix19HbYb7547CvfQCjjaTzHTytLDYgRXeDh9rUYD9ACH3bl0RaYqyDGS93NiGC4cyKA8kuaufAdnMKecU6t0-LvlO6eLAh42tA03U3__HZGTeTcDWrbdw8XfCoJFv7EoYapQ/w512-h272/figs+001.jpg" width="512" /></a></div> <p></p><p>A good first crop of figs. I have three fig trees on the plot, all grown from small plants from a home wares shop. The largest is now over 6 feet tall and gives the most fruit, the other two are catching up. Figs are supposed to be grown with restricted roots to encourage fruit but these seem to do well as free range trees. The branches are starting to get crowded and will need a pruning after the crop is done.<br /></p>Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05776465371463507630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195598876538849153.post-44820783513026259702020-08-03T16:57:00.005+01:002020-08-18T20:56:50.041+01:00Cycling Survey<p>This is a test run for a survey to assess local cycling demand; feel free to try it out, especially if you live in mid-Wiltshire. This will be pulled out and relaunched elsewhere after testing. </p><p> </p><p>Update........... the test survey has now been stood down. Thank you if you tried it out, this was a new venture and I'm pleased with how it is working so far.<br /></p>Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05776465371463507630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195598876538849153.post-31084264423554335072020-07-12T21:54:00.003+01:002020-07-12T21:54:55.118+01:00Courgettes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Most of the plot is grass. The other bit has a few vegetables: today was a good day for courgettes.Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05776465371463507630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195598876538849153.post-53273216151260823722020-07-12T21:51:00.002+01:002020-07-12T21:51:56.301+01:00Dragonfly.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This dragonfly flew past me when cycling by. It waited on a bush while I took a photograph.Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05776465371463507630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195598876538849153.post-89027530071749232582020-07-12T21:43:00.002+01:002020-07-12T21:43:28.056+01:00Alton Barnes Airfield.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Alton Barnes was a wartime airfield although originally established as a relief landing ground in 1935. The remaining buildings are some gun posts, an air raid shelter and this building which housed the Link Trainer.<br />
<br />Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05776465371463507630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195598876538849153.post-6101467831549044942020-06-29T20:50:00.001+01:002020-06-29T20:50:13.380+01:00BluePainted blue and in the station yard.<br />
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Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05776465371463507630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195598876538849153.post-5825023997930066532020-06-25T19:25:00.007+01:002020-06-25T19:26:21.227+01:00RaspberryThe first raspberry crop from the allotment, and the resulting raspberry and elderflower granita.<br />
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Two churches a short walk apart in the Vale of Pewsey. Alton Barnes church is Saxon but is still younger than the yew tree in the church yard. They are overlooked by the Alton Barnes White Horse.<br />
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<br />Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05776465371463507630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195598876538849153.post-49060887423601210592020-05-29T15:44:00.002+01:002020-06-18T23:12:32.192+01:00Blue StiltonBlue Stilton from the market. Gentle, creamy and spreads like butter.<br />
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Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05776465371463507630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195598876538849153.post-13044982453755778702020-05-24T13:39:00.002+01:002020-06-18T23:13:00.370+01:00LilyA picture from last year of Lily on a works train.<br />
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<br />Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05776465371463507630noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195598876538849153.post-7228185879492465182020-05-20T20:03:00.001+01:002020-06-18T23:13:40.049+01:00Progress with the station.Progress with the station. Placing the buildings to decide the layout before starting on landscaping.<br />
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<br />Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05776465371463507630noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195598876538849153.post-7973402225402160482020-05-13T09:41:00.001+01:002020-06-18T23:14:27.853+01:0013th May 2020Keeping the grass and weeds under control while cutting out beds to get some crops in for this year. Lost a couple of plants to frost on Monday night but there are spares in the greenhouse.<br />
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<br />Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05776465371463507630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195598876538849153.post-16615049468107749542020-03-24T19:05:00.002+00:002020-06-19T12:07:00.837+01:00Update on the plot.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Just holding back the weeds. Broad beans a few inches long. Asparagus nearly finished.Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05776465371463507630noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195598876538849153.post-40909064211423656292016-03-19T20:20:00.001+00:002016-03-19T20:34:51.443+00:00Potatoes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Home Guard was a variety released in 1942 during the Dig for Victory campaign. It's a first early and good boiled, although it has a reputation for turning bitter if left in the ground too long.<br />
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My plot suffers from blight, which is why I've given up on growing tomatoes, but first early potatoes are usually ready for digging up before the haulms are too badly affected.<br />
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As well as Home Guard I've planted a short row of Pink Fir Apple salad potatoes.<br />
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Last week I planted the garlic and shallots (the picture above is from 8 years ago). Both are useful
crops that multiply from single cloves to clumps or bulbs. They should probably
have been put in last autumn but they will settle in and catch up as the
weather warms; they are planted deeply enough to avoid anything but the heaviest
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They need to be kept weeded and watered but are otherwise mostly
problem free apart from a tendency to rust; apparently regular spraying with
milk helps avoid this. Pliny recommended twisting the stalks to stop the plants
running to seed. Planting them next to carrots helps to protect the latter crop from carrot fly by masking the scent that attracts the pest.</div>
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Garlic is a member of the allium family, like onions, leeks
and chives. It probably came out of central Asia about 7,000 years ago and has
been used by civilisations from the Ancient Egyptians onwards. </div>
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Garlic has a place in mythology, keeping vampires at bay.
Medical research includes some positive studies of garlic impact on blood pressure
and cholesterol; but no proven effect on the common cold.</div>
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You can eat the bulbs, shoots, leaves and the young flower
stalks, or scapes. If dried after harvesting it should keep through the winter
if kept cool, dry and frost free.</div>
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Katharine Whitehorn said that if your friends don't like
garlic you should get some new friends. </div>
Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05776465371463507630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195598876538849153.post-71064184019612552082016-03-06T22:01:00.001+00:002016-03-13T22:08:20.923+00:00Raised beds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05776465371463507630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195598876538849153.post-87234420696210108092016-02-29T21:20:00.000+00:002016-03-13T22:05:53.877+00:00Rhubarb<img height="320" src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1471/24403214643_3c9d14d3ec_b.jpg" width="240" /><br />
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The rhubarb is much earlier this yearMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05776465371463507630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195598876538849153.post-15842677100216459832016-02-28T21:36:00.001+00:002016-03-13T22:09:21.397+00:00Raspberries<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Pruning the raspberries. This is done after cropping, or on my plot over the winter. Summer raspberries should have the last year's fruiting stems cut out leaving new growth for this year, autumn canes should be cut back to near ground level.Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05776465371463507630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195598876538849153.post-76516628544580372702014-05-22T21:24:00.002+01:002014-05-22T21:24:48.542+01:00How it looks at the moment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05776465371463507630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195598876538849153.post-40087359865035865482013-06-13T22:12:00.002+01:002013-06-13T22:12:35.507+01:00Courgette, carrots and variegated sage.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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