Interblog Leek Growing Project.
Sara from Farming Friends has initiated an interblog leek growing project with TopVeg.
It all started when we, at TopVeg, saw the devastation the floods had caused in Sara’s vegetable garden.
Before the flood, we had been following her progress with interest. As a relatively new vegetable gardener, Sara was full of enthusiasm and had worked hard to plant a great collection of different vegetables. On May 25th Sara posted a slide show of her farm which included a picture of the vegetable garden, looking lush and full of promise.
So we shared her grief when we saw the havoc the rain had caused. We still had some leek plants left over after planting ours out, so we just put them in an envelope & posted them to Farming Friends. Unfortunately there was a postal strike, so they were delayed in the post - but, undaunted, Sara planted the leeks & set up the interblog leek growing project so that we can follow the progress of the TopVeg leeks.
The leek plants have not had the best of starts, stuck in the post, & transplanted into a previously flooded garden. But we wish them well and hope, with all our hearts, that they do their best. Good luck Sara.
What a splendid idea! I am most impressed. Well done, and keep up the good work
JJ
Comment by John Jammes - July 21, 2007 4:53 pm
John
Thank you for supporting our project. The leeks will take a week or so to get going (if they do!)- so we are anxiously waiting for a report from Farming Friends.
Have you voted for your favourite lettuce in the poll at the top of this page?
Merci beaucoup.
Comment by TopVeg - July 21, 2007 8:01 pm
[…] week I received some leek plants in the post from my kind friends over at TopVeg. They had read about the flooding of my veg garden and how alot of my vegetables have rotted […]
Pingback by Farming Friends » Interblog Leek Growing Project - July 22, 2007 4:54 pm
[…] week we set up an inter-blog leek growing project with Farming Friends. They had to replant their garden because the leeks were amongst the […]
Pingback by Top Veg » Blog Archive » Inter-blog Leek Growing Project 2. - July 22, 2007 5:33 pm
[…] interblog leek growing project was last recorded at the end of July when the leeks were just rooting in their planting holes. […]
Pingback by Top Veg » Blog Archive » Inter-blog Leek Growing Project - report4. - November 6, 2007 8:12 am