A horticultural first

May 30, 2005

A horticultural first

I visited HDRA HQ at Ryton today, and in a first for this blog, I've created a photo album of images. Enjoy.

On another note, I had recourse to the calamine lotion bottle last night when I realised I'd applied suntan lotion so cackhandedly that my left shoulder was completely unprotected. I don't burn badly so it's only a little raw ... slapped wrists all around.

30 May 2005 18:01:25 | Photos

4 Comments

I had planned to spend some time at my allotment this morning but it is pouring down. Instead I have just had a leisurely cup of coffee and enjoyed your Ryton photo album. It is one of those places that I have always wanted to visit but have not quite got there yet. One day ! The pretty allium whose name you did not get is 'Allium siculum' (nectoroscordum). Many thanks for the photographic tour Jane.

Posted by: Anna | June 01, 2005 at 11:33 AM

Great photos - really crisp and sharp!

As for the allium that you were trying to identify - someone has probably already identified it....but it's a nectaroscordum siculum - sometimes called allium siculum. Very lovely!

Posted by: Annette | June 07, 2005 at 09:34 PM

Hi Annette

thanks so much for identifying that allium - glad you liked the pix

jane

Posted by: Jane Perrone | June 08, 2005 at 11:23 AM

I would recommend Zapatilo del Tronco as a squash to grow. It is a bush variety, is very prolific and the fruit can be eaten small like a courgette or leave a few to get big for the usual squash experience. its a summer squash so doesnt keep a long time though...
recipe suggstion is tio steam the young fruits sliced up then mix with some fresh coriander, tomatoes and a bit of green chilli with olive oil and white wine vinegar - yummy

Posted by: Mat Jarvis | August 22, 2005 at 11:07 AM

The comments to this entry are closed.

What happened to Sunday being a day of rest? I had been getting very twitchy about the fact that my tomato plants weren't in position yet last week. Particularly as I'm entered in a competition and all. That was resolved today with a mammoth Sunday allotment session, broken only by the consumption of a picnic lunch, during which time I planted tomatoes, globe artichokes and physalis, sowed 12 types of squash (summer and winter), weeded, watered and hoed, and cut back the grass with my brushcutter. It was a fantastically rewarding day: I could feel my muscles working in all the right places; I was outside enjoying the dry...

Smugness interrupted I sharpened my hoe and oiled my wooden fork and spade handles today. I felt infused with a smug glow of satisfaction until I remembered I had a pile of muddy plant pots festering on my potting table so large it was threatening to engulf me. And my Meconopsis grandis seeds haven't germinated. I think they need to go back in the fridge. I will have my blue poppies, dammit!