Pip’s progress
The Yorkshire Giant bulbils that I received have now rooted and are starting to come away. Here’s a pic of them, together with a pic of Dave’s own that he set off in November.
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Yorkshire Giant leeks
They don’t look so bloody giant to me!!!
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It’s getting cold!
Even with the paraffin heater on, the temperature went down to 1.5°C in the greenhouse last night. I still haven’t ventured out to look at the leeks yet, relying on reports from Dianne ( they’ve probably been dead for over a week )
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Scotland here we come!
We’re off to bonny Jockland tomorrow for a few days to see Di’s Ma and family. I’ll have to check the roads for snow in case any of them are closed before we set off.
More importantly, they better not be closed on Sunday as I need to get back in time to watch the mighty
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16th December
I’ve cut the tops off the original leeks and put them in the greenhouse with heat. I don’t expect them to do any good, but if I get one or two it will be a bonus.
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15th December
The pips arrived today. 16 of them, of which 2 were unusable.
I took them straight round Dave’s who potted them up and put them in his propagator to bring them on. He said I should still phone up and get my money back, but I can’t be arsed with the chew.
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14th December
Had a friend look at the leeks and he told me to get my money back. All £55 of it!!!
I phoned the gadgy up and he said all could do for me was send me some pips to grow on. Not knowing that these are about a £1 apiece for top-notch gear, I accepted his [...]
8th December
I received the ten exhibition leek seedlings that I’d ordered a couple of months ago online from a seedsman/grower/judge. What a disgrace! They were about 6 inches tall and a millimetre thick, soft and flopping al over the place. I’ve potted them on to see if they improve.
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27th September
After a couple of hours of hard graft (Dianne, not me!) our second
garden is starting to look ship-shape. In the coming spring, it will be
chokka with young weeds again as the previous weeds had all seeded
before we could get stuck into them.
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21st September – New project
Well, yesterday we were handed over the keys to our new project. John, a long time friend of mine, has kindly let us have his back garden for our use. He is an ex-show grower and the garden was previously used by one of our retiring show gardeners, so it has all of the basics [...]