Finished digging mostly over where potatoes are to go on second plot

Today I went down the allotment for about 1 1/2 hours this morning and finished digging over where the potatoes are going however will now continue to dig more of the plot as I may need more space for my potatoes than originally thought (Got more seed potatoes). I will continue to dig down the potato end of the allotment when I have time however due to work today I was unable to do this today. I also need to rotivate this piece of the allotment as well as rotivate the rest of where I have dug when I have the time.

Newbridge Nurseries

Today I brought the following from Newbridge Nurseries:

- Suttons James Wong Sea Kale £1.89 (20 Seeds)
- Swiss Chard 'Bright Lights' £2.55 (90 Seeds)
- Carrot 'Purple Dragon' - FREE (With any 2 packets of seed)

Newbridge Nurseries - Seed Potatoes

Today my nan brought the following for the second plot of the allotment from Newbridge Nurseries:

- Seed Potato First early 'Rocket' (30 Tubers) - Pick your own - £1.99 per bag

Continued digging where potatoes are going on second allotment

Today as it was my last day off from work for a while I have continued to dig over where the potatoes are to go on the second allotment. This is proving quite time consuming and I have done another 1 1/2 hours on the allotment today. I will have to finish this off at some point and hope to plant my potatoes quite soon.

Continued to dig over the second allotment again

One again I went down the allotment today for about 3 hours. I have continued to dig the second allotment managing to have dug about 12 feet of it. I have also started to dig where some of my brassicas where last year and this is where I am planning to put my potatoes this year. This piece of ground has quite a bit of coach grass on it as well as quite a few weeds. I have also rearranged the Greenhouse on the 1st allotment so I can start to move things from the Home Greenhouse to my allotment greenhouse shortly.

Continued Digging the 2nd Allotment

Today I went down the allotment again for another about 2 hours and continued to dig more of the second allotment over. I have dug over between the fruit bushes and the start of the lot and this is where I had previously not dug so it was quite hard work taking out all of the couch grass and dandelions. I will now continue to dig where the winter radishes where last year and work down the plot.

Outdated Seed Recovered

I have over the past couple of weeks sorted through some old seeds and have recovered the following Vegetable and Herb Seed:

Asparagus ‘Pea’ - Mr Fothergills (15 Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date 12/2012)

Chervil ‘Simple’ - Mr Fothergills (Unknown Amount Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date 12/2011)

Dill - Mr Fothergills (Unknown Amount Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date 12/2011)

Beetroot ‘Kestrel F1’ - Thompson & Morgan (Open Pack) (Approx 30 Seeds) (Out of date Unknown year)

Beetroot ‘Chioggia’ - Mr Fothergills (Open Pack) (Approx 20 Seeds)

Beetroot ‘Detroit 2’ - Johnsons (Open Pack) (Approx 50 Seeds) (Out of date Unknown year)

Beetroot ‘Cylindra’ - Homebase (Open Pack) (Approx 125 Seeds) (Out of date 12/2007)

Broad Bean ‘The Sutton’ - Mr Fothergills (Open Pack) (6 Seeds) (Out of date 12/2012)

Broccoli ‘Extra Early Rudolph’ - Jamie Oliver (Open Pack) (100 Seeds) (Out of date 12/2013)

Cabbage ‘Hispi F1’ - Suttons (Approx 15 Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date 06/2012)

Carrot ‘St Valery’ - Suttons (500 Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date 06/2008)

Carrot ‘Amsterdam Forcing 3’ - B&Q Value (900 Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date 06/2011)

Carrot ‘Amsterdam 3 - Sprint’ - Mr Fothergills (150 Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date 12/2012)

Carrot ‘Autumn King 2’ - Suttons (1100 Seeds) (New Pack) (Out of date 06/2010)

Carrot ‘Autumn King 2’ - Suttons (1100 Seeds) (New Pack) (Out of date 06/2012)

Carrot ‘Autumn King 2’ - Kings (700 Seeds) (New Pack) (Out of date 07/2011)

Carrot ‘Autumn King 2’ - Mr Fothergills (2000 Seeds) (New Pack) (Out of date 12/2014)

Carrot ‘Nantes 2’ - Suttons Alan Titchmarsh (1800 Seeds) (New Pack) (Out of date 06/2011)

Carrot ‘Early Nantes 5’ - Suttons (1100 Seeds) (New Pack) (Out of date 06/2012)

Carrot ‘New Red Intermediate St Valery’ - Wilko (1500 Seeds) (New Pack) (Out of date 12/2012)

Carrot ‘White Satin F1’ - Mr Fothergills (350 Seeds) (New Pack) (Out of date 12/2011)

Cauliflower ‘All the Year Round’ - Mr Fothergills (200 Seeds) (New Pack) (Out of date 12/2012)

Calabrese ‘Fiesta F1 Hybrid’ - Thompson & Morgan (Approx 30 Seeds) (Open Pack)

Climbing Bean ‘Fasold’ - Thompson & Morgan (12 Seeds) (Out of date: 08/2014)

Leek ‘Musselburgh’ - Suttons (350 Seeds) (New Pack) (Out of date 06/2010)

Leek ‘Blue Green Autumn Neptune’ - Suttons (275 Seeds) (New Pack) (Out of date 06/2012)

Leek ‘Sultan F1’ - Mr Fothergills (50 Seeds) (New Pack) (Out of date 12/2012)

Lettuce ‘Ice King’ - Suttons Alan Titchmarsh (220 Seeds) (New Pack) (Out of date: 06/2010)

Lettuce ‘Winter Gem’ - Mr Fothergills (Approx 125 Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date 12/2011)

Lettuce ‘Little Gem’ - Suttons (Approx 450 Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date 06/2012)

Lettuce ‘Mini Green’ - Thompson & Morgan (100 Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date 12/2010)

Lettuce ‘Romaine Ballon’ - Mr Fothergills (50 Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date 12/2012)

Lettuce ‘A foglia di quercia’ - Lidl (200 Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date: 12/2011)

Onion ‘Brown Pickling SY 300’ - Suttons (350 Seeds) (New Pack) (Out of date 06/2010)

Onion ‘Bedfordshire Champion’ - Suttons (250 Seeds) (New Pack) (Out of date 06/2011)

Onion ‘North Holland Bloodred Redmate’ - Suttons (New Pack) (Out of date 06/2007)

Onion ‘Paris Silverskin’ - Suttons (100 Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date: 06/2012)

Onion (Spring) ‘White Lisbon’ - Mr Fothergills (100 Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date 12/2011)

Onion (Spring) ‘White Lisbon’ - Johnsons (200 Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date 12/2010)

Onion (Salad) ‘Apache’ - Suttons (200 Seed) (Open Pack) (Out of date: Unknown Year)

Onion ‘Red Beard’ - B&Q (450 Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date: 06/2009)

Pea ‘Kelvedon Wonder’ - Suttons (Open Pack) (Out of date 06/2010)

Pea ‘Tom Thumb’ - Suttons (Open Pack) (9 Seeds) (Out of date 06/2013)

Pea ‘Early Onwards’ - Poundland (New Pack) (50 Seeds) (Out of date: 10/2012)

Radish ‘Mixed’ (French Breakfast 3, Scarlet Globe, Sparkler, White Turnip & Pink Beauty) - B&Q Value (100 Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date 06/2011) 

Radish ‘Long White Icicle’ - Wilko Right Price (300 Seeds) (New Pack) (Out of date 12/2012)

Radish ‘Rainbow Mixed’ - Thompson & Morgan (100 Seeds) (New Pack) (Out of date 12/2012)

Radish ‘French Breakfast 3’ - Suttons (300 Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date 06/2012)

Radish ‘Zlata’ - Suttons (200 Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date 06/2012)

Radish ‘Hilds blauer Herbst und Winter’ - Mr Fothergills (100 Seeds) (New Pack) (Out of date 12/2012)

Radish (Chinese) ‘F1 Mantanghong’ - Suttons (60 Seeds) (New Pack) (Out of date 06/2012)

Rocket ‘Salad’ - Suttons Alan Titchmarsh (800 Seeds) (New Pack) (Out of date: 06/2010)

Swede ‘Brora’ - Suttons (500 Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date 06/2012)

Swede ‘Brora’ - Suttons (1000 Seeds) (New Pack) (Out of date 06/2010)

Tomato ‘Tumbling Tom Red’ - Mr Fothergills (10 Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date 12/2013)

Tomato ‘Tumbling Tom Yellow’ - Mr Fothergills (10 Seeds) (Open Pack ) (Out of date 12/2013)

Tomato ‘F1 Fantasio’ - Suttons (10 Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date 06/2010)

Turnip ‘Purple Top Milan’ - Mr Fothergills (500 Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date 12/2012)

Turnip ‘Snowball’ - Suttons (200 Seeds) (Open Pack) (Out of date 06/2008)

Herb Seeds Out of date recovered:

Basil ‘Sweet Genovese’ - Which? (New Pack) (Out of date: Unknown Year)

Chives - Mr Fothergills (Multipack) (New Pack) (Out of date: 12/2010)

Chives - Mr Fothergills (New Pack) (Out of date: 12/2011)

Parsley ‘Plain Leaved 2’ - Mr Fothergills (Open Pack) (Out of date: 12/2011)

Sage - Thompson & Morgan (75 Seeds) (New Pack) (Out of date: 12/2010)