tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post6932556411477474650..comments2023-12-23T08:37:09.133+00:00Comments on LOOSE AND LEAFY IN HALIFAX: PROOF OF EXISTENCE AND ALLOTMENT PHOTOSLucy Corrander Now in Halifax!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-65642888297794502172018-08-08T05:56:19.397+01:002018-08-08T05:56:19.397+01:00Wow! One gorgeous photo after another. You don'...Wow! One gorgeous photo after another. You don't have to prove your existence. I know you are out there and when you do post, it is always worth the wait. It seems that I'm only only on line a fraction of what I once was. Do what you want to do!<br /> Pat Tilletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699973774273291205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-28972611471433818102018-08-06T12:21:59.013+01:002018-08-06T12:21:59.013+01:00Hello Caro. One of the continuing problems with Bl...Hello Caro. One of the continuing problems with Blogger is that it no longer automatically sends copies of comments to you by email. I now tick the box which says to recieve follow-up comments but it means leaving a comment yourself first.<br />Good allotments were hard to come by where I lived before. A ten year waiting list for one. I can't believe my luck with this. I came across it by looking at green places in the area on google earth when deciding whether to move here. I then 'walked' up and down outside it on street view and thought it looked so good there would be no place for me. But there was! And it's brilliant. The site even has a loo!Lucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-33948351041714048222018-08-06T12:16:37.144+01:002018-08-06T12:16:37.144+01:00Hello Squirrelbasket. I have needed to do a lot of...Hello Squirrelbasket. I have needed to do a lot of watering, have not managed to do enough so some things have struggled or even died. (The 'ordinary' peas went that way.) And the tendrils for eating have been fine in flavour but a bit tough in texture. Have to use them a bit like chewing gum.Lucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-38936724979236651202018-08-06T12:13:54.010+01:002018-08-06T12:13:54.010+01:00Hello Rosie. I took lots of seeds from one kind of...Hello Rosie. I took lots of seeds from one kind of ornamental garlic but am not sure I've caught more than one of the Sicilian kind. The stems became so brittle they were falling off. I've put them in a tray in the sunshine and will shake them every so often to see if any more fall out.Lucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-64032234620808668782018-08-06T12:10:47.052+01:002018-08-06T12:10:47.052+01:00Thank you Birgitta.Thank you Birgitta.Lucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-64738916014405948242018-08-05T21:52:23.597+01:002018-08-05T21:52:23.597+01:00I'm a bit late in commenting but it's been...I'm a bit late in commenting but it's been lovely to catch up with your allotment and news. I rarely get any comments on my blog now, I wonder if it's to do with Blogger changes - who knows?? The white flower is definitely a Hebe - there used to be an enormous pink Hebe in the gardens here but the 'maintenance' gardeners chopped it down by mistake. Such a shame as it was always covered in a variety of bees in the summer. You are lucky to have an extra half an allotment - any plots are hard to come by here in London, huge waiting lists and plots being wasted by people who don't have time to look after them properly. Halifax sounds rather lovely; but I have a soft spot for Yorkshire anyway. Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11317388242574705433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-72472003977166602352018-07-24T09:43:35.239+01:002018-07-24T09:43:35.239+01:00Great to see what you have been up to.
I'm so ...Great to see what you have been up to.<br />I'm so impressed by how healthy all your plants are - and so attractive to insects, obviously!<br />Have you had some rain in Halifax? Total drought here in South Wales for weeks and all the plants are dying if not watered every day.<br />I love the cinnabar moth caterpillar - I haven't seen one of those for years.<br />Pea shoots in salads were a "thing" a few years ago - you could even buy bags of them in M&S. Coincidentally these tasty tendrilly things were also the garnish on every dish at a lunch I had in a posh hotel yesterday - enjoy...<br />All the best :)Squirrelbaskethttps://squirrelbasket.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-54535910539325244662018-07-23T09:40:19.663+01:002018-07-23T09:40:19.663+01:00Blogger was a nuisance for a while wasn't it? ...Blogger was a nuisance for a while wasn't it? Seems okay now, I'll keep my fingers crossed. We grew some Sicilian Lemon Garlic this year and I've been fascinated with it in all its stages. Your allotement produce and flowers look wonderful:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-4142377399717296862018-07-23T05:20:21.462+01:002018-07-23T05:20:21.462+01:00Lovely flowers and photos!Lovely flowers and photos!Birgittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03943748314277391738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-20291364720922748062018-07-22T08:10:40.921+01:002018-07-22T08:10:40.921+01:00Hello Diana. Living in urban Yorkshire is very dif...Hello Diana. Living in urban Yorkshire is very different from coastal Dorset and few people in our area have gardens. There's a small space at the front of the house for dustbins and a few plants in pots, but this is a traditional back-to-back so it adjoins houses on the other three sides - no space for a garden.<br />Indeed, to have that little space for flower pots is fortunate. In one town I looked at before moving here many of the houses didn't even have that. Proximity and lack of space can make for cheerfulness though. There were washing lines across the back lanes and even washing pinned across the fronts of houses.<br />In part this is because of the topography and in part because of the way the population massively increased at the end of the nineteenth century when there was a big expansion in the cloth industry. The hills are steep and although there is a lot of countryside around, not much is level enough to build on - so people were crammed into towns and the houses were crammed against each other.<br />I'm very happy here but when the house was built I wouldn't have been - the noise and pollution would have been unbearable.<br />The deeds to the house (which is actually quite spacious compared to many in the area, perhaps because it was originally intended for more people) stipulate there should be no steam engine in it! I have yet to find out what kind of steam engine would have been envisaged and where it could have been put!Lucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-37745779675681426392018-07-22T07:55:15.218+01:002018-07-22T07:55:15.218+01:00Hello Bill. What there is, I am glad for - but so ...Hello Bill. What there is, I am glad for - but so far only a very little is done. It will be fun creating more beauty (and more food!)Lucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-2779894009258940982018-07-21T23:49:31.928+01:002018-07-21T23:49:31.928+01:00No patch of garden at home any more?
A bit tantali...No patch of garden at home any more?<br />A bit tantalising to have to yank out wildflowers because they are weeds.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-47915327333128118702018-07-21T22:08:59.664+01:002018-07-21T22:08:59.664+01:00What a beautiful garden you have. All the food an...What a beautiful garden you have. All the food and flowers look fantastic. Enjoy!Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12250609752743750337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-53864654751806731372018-07-21T22:02:14.404+01:002018-07-21T22:02:14.404+01:00Hello Countryside Tales. I've seen small torto...Hello Countryside Tales. I've seen small tortoishells in the nearby countryside too. (And ringlets.)Lucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-73716420227351025742018-07-21T22:00:10.144+01:002018-07-21T22:00:10.144+01:00Hello Marleen. Being at the beginning of my allotm...Hello Marleen. Being at the beginning of my allotmenting life I have quite a few things but not a lot of them. (I should have planted more peas and onions!) Lots of ground for one person to cultivate so I hope by next year it will be a bit like a mini farm. (Dreams!) I'm pleased you like the photos.Lucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-25444178199744332782018-07-21T18:02:53.495+01:002018-07-21T18:02:53.495+01:00It’s all looking grand and experimenting is part o...It’s all looking grand and experimenting is part of the joy of gardening I think. Learning what to try for next year, adapting to the weather conditions etc. Lovely to see the small tort- so few of them around these days. I’ve seen two all summer. You’re doing a super job xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-30290030885005926192018-07-21T15:06:12.996+01:002018-07-21T15:06:12.996+01:00There is a lot of variety in your garden, Lucy. Lo...There is a lot of variety in your garden, Lucy. Lovely flowers and photos.Marleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15594342591135194794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-52899528542348215222018-07-21T14:40:52.377+01:002018-07-21T14:40:52.377+01:00Hello Phil. No horses on my allotment so I'll ...Hello Phil. No horses on my allotment so I'll keep watering my ragwort bush!<br /><br />I don't think the white flower is buddleia because the bush is about four foot high and round; neither tall nor straggly (which is how I think of Buddleia).<br /><br />Unfortunately, no cuckoos either!Lucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-37226752258875168332018-07-21T14:32:21.198+01:002018-07-21T14:32:21.198+01:00Yes, the comments problems have been problematical...Yes, the comments problems have been problematical to me too. And it's still not fixed to my liking having to open in my blog "design" before they appear in my designated email. <br /><br />It looks like you have some sort of buddleia that is different to the usual pink and purple one. But it is clearly good for insects. I think it is ragwort, not popular with horse owners (poisonous) but Cuckoos like the Cinnabars that feed on it. No other bird eats Cinnabars. Isn't the natural world with all of its peculiarities fascinating? Phil Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846400106748443969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-8469306663273822182018-07-21T10:59:02.737+01:002018-07-21T10:59:02.737+01:00Hello Candi. The phlox was already on the plot whe...Hello Candi. The phlox was already on the plot when I took it over. I'd like some more 'old' flowers - like Golden Rod and tall Michaelmas Daisies.Lucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-79068138842583034922018-07-21T09:36:08.193+01:002018-07-21T09:36:08.193+01:00Hello Hollis. I'm glad I now have a name for t...Hello Hollis. I'm glad I now have a name for this lovely plant. When people ask me what it is I can say 'Senecio' instead of 'a rather large and bushy ragwort'. Ragwort has to be pulled out on the allotment. It's a bit like grasses. There are some lovely grasses there. I made the mistake of commenting how beautiful they are to another allotment holder (a surprising variety of flowers from quite early in the summer, and continuing} - and had to cut them down. I do understand that people growing vegetables don't want seeds from other people's 'weeds' wafting around their own plots but I'm finding it hard to adjust from wild countryside to cultivation. My allotment feels like my own little bit of countryside - but that's not what they are for.<br />(Actually, with grass seeds, most of them are so heavy they simply drop to the ground in a summer where there is little wind. In some places they have fallen quite thickly - a solid mass of pale yellow. But this will be my problem - which is not a problem because grass pulls up / hoes up very easily when it's small. It's only when it gets its roots in that it can becomes awkward.Lucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-2393220050950944062018-07-20T22:50:51.871+01:002018-07-20T22:50:51.871+01:00Weed or not, the ragwort/senecio is beautiful -- I...Weed or not, the ragwort/senecio is beautiful -- I agree with "sunshine on stems" :)Hollishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788942181934895493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-46481377810598687392018-07-20T13:37:16.929+01:002018-07-20T13:37:16.929+01:00So proud that I managed to identify the Phlox! It ...So proud that I managed to identify the Phlox! It must be due to my love of old fashioned garden flowers and learning all their names when I was a child. I'm still surprised sometimes that my children showed such little interest in the natural world.<br /><br />And it's looking especially beautiful here, with your gorgeous photos lit up by the summer sun.<br /><br />I hope the new allotment continues to thrive xLooking for Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10010049814419812468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-20136876250712828802018-07-20T13:12:24.286+01:002018-07-20T13:12:24.286+01:00Hello John. Gardener's Delight is my favourite...Hello John. Gardener's Delight is my favourite variety of tomato - in part for the very reason you mention - that one can stand there eating them. Tomatoes always taste best in the sunshine. And the flavour is brilliant. I had trouble germinating them though and landed up with only one plant so I didn't mention it. I later found that putting pots in trays on the electric airer with a sheet over the whole contraption produced resulted in good germination . . . Too late for this year but a lesson for next.Lucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079263854400471326.post-4738463509578295052018-07-20T11:00:33.364+01:002018-07-20T11:00:33.364+01:00A fine selection of produce from your allotment. I...A fine selection of produce from your allotment. I've grown Alicante tomatoes for some years and they've always produced plenty of fruit despite the fact that I usually forget to remove the side-shoots after brief initial enthusiasm. They are medium-sized though. If you're looking for smaller fruits then you might try Gardener's Delight, they grow well out-of-doors the only problem I've had is that I can't resist popping them straight into my mouth so not so many make it to the kitchen.John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00832873074550725579noreply@blogger.com