Clairesallotment's Blog

Well that was a shock yesterday. We had rain and hail! I was out in the garden and I thought to myself “What’s this wet stuff falling from the sky?” It was a really heavy down pour and the soil is lovely and wet up to 1 inch down. We had a little more rain today. It’s definitely April showers now. No snow though thank goodness. Those poor people in Scotland and the other places that woke up to a load of snow.

Just a quick note to say “Thank you to everyone for their kind wishes to George”. Not wanting to go into too much detail, but he was sick several times during the day, not even able to keep liquid down. I took him to the doctors in the afternoon, and she spent at least 20 minutes checking him over. She was very concerned about him as he had no energy and kept falling asleep, she then phoned A & E. I had to take him there straight away. My wonderful friend Sally came to collect us from the doctors and took us straight to the hospital. What an absolute star she is, at true friend. He was seen almost immediately and admitted over night. He was attached to a drip whilst he slept and I could stay with him. By morning he was much improved and could eat some breakfast. He was discharged at 10am, but they don’t know what caused him to be sick, just that he’s better now.
Thank you everyone for all the wishes you’ve sent. George really appreciates it. He’s never ill, so it was a little funny to see him asleep where ever he sat down, but very worrying at the same time.

Well I was hoping very much to go to the allotment today and tomorrow, but my little boy has decided to be ill. Poor little George he is never ill, and was very upset. He’s asleep at the moment, and has been for about 1 and a half hours. He won’t be going to school tomorrow either, as he still can’t eat. I’m taking him to the doctors later today to see if there’s anything I can do for him. If he can eat then he can get better. He tried some lunch, but that didn’t stay down long.

Well I’ve just sown lots of things red: Red onions called “Red Karmen”, red Brussels Sprout called “Falstaff” and red cabbage called “January King 3”. I got a bit carried away with the red onions as I decided to buy 2 packets only to then discover that there were 50 in each packet! I think we’ll have enough onions to last a while, especially with all the white onions I got also.

Last post for today you’ll be pleased to know. I’ve sown Sprouting Broccoli, Celeriac, Celery, Cauliflowers and more Leeks. As well as some sweet peas seeds. I think that’s enough for today don’t you? Now for a drink to celebrate and to start dinner, otherwise the kids will complain they’re hungry.
See you tomorrow.

About 4 days ago I decided to sow some cress seeds. I didn’t have any kitchen towel which I normally sow them on, so I decided to sow then in some compost instead. Besides, when ever you buy cress in the shops it always comes in a little compost anyway. Well I’m pleased to report that it’s come up beautifully, and much better than when sown on kitchen towel. I’ll give it a couple of days to get taller then I can cut it and put it in Marks sandwiches.