# 2219Yet again I'm not alone in spotting true gold!

# 2157The two distinct varieties of runner bean are so far indistinguishable.

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# 1995# 1994Total Allotment Time: 3 & 1/2 hrs.
Principle Tasks: Planting 16 pot marigolds around the runner beans in veg bed 02. Mulching the potatoes in vb04 with blended stable manure. Sowing 2 rows of pea 'Oregon Sugar Pod' and 2 rows of dwarf French bean 'Top Crop'. Tending seed beds. General weeding and watering.

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Notes From Home 24/04/10

Pricked out 8 pot marigolds (Sown 04.03.10) into 2 13cm pots.
Pricked out 8 pointed sweet peppers (Sown 03.04.10) into assorted modules and pots.
Potted on 1 'Tondo' marrow (Sown 31.03.10) into 1 13 pot.

Notes From Home 04/03/10 (1)

Sowed 2 13cm half-pots of pot marigold (Self-Saved seed. +2years old).
Sowed 1 small tray of Mexican hyssop Agastache anisata (+3 years).
Sowed 1 small tray of sweet pepper (Self-saved seeds of a shop-brought pointed variety. +1year).
Sowed 1 small pot of veronica 'Ulster Blue' (Self-saved seeds. +2years).

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Late Flyer

# 1303A close-up of the latest Globe Artichoke bud to open. I only noticed the fly when processing the photo.

# 1302The flower-spikes of the Golden Marjoram (Bottom right).

Total Allotment Time: 2 & 1/2 hrs.

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# 0671Total Allotment Time: 3hrs.
Principle Tasks: Planting out the aforementioned radishes and covering them with fleece as pictured. Planting out red shallot 'Pikant' sets (20+ (I managed to 'break a few up' as you would garlic bulbs to get a few more than the 20 in the £1.29 packet) into veg bed 01. Adding 6 marigold seedlings and the multi-sown 'White Lisbon' spring onion that I brought up from home to the pre-fab cloche near the rhurbarb.

Notes: Average soil temp of veg bed 01 = +5c

Notes From Home 3/11/07

Sowed 1 small tray of Tagetes tenuifolia 'Paprika' (out-of-date seed).
Potted on 5 seedlings of Sunflower 'Italian White' (sown 19.02.07) into assorted 12cm pots.
Pricked out 5 seedlings of Pot Marigold (sown 03.03.07) into assorted 9cm pots.
Pricked out 15 seedlings of Tomato 'Darby Striped' (sown 03.03.07) into assorted 7.5 & 9cm pots.

Notes From Home 3/3/07

Pricked out 7 seedlings of Lettuce 'Buttercrunch' (sowed 21.02.07) into individual 8cm pots.
Sowed Pot Marigold (Calendula officinalis). Approx. 18 seeds into one small tray.