18 November 2024
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I’ve been down at the allotment this morning. The forecast is for a few days of very cold weather for the season and I wanted to get some horticultural fleece over a few things to give them extra protection. I … Continue reading
13 November 2024
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Mid November isn’t a great time to be picking rhubarb. The fleshy stems and large leaves have died back and the dark stumps of the plants are easily lost to sight. However, while the ground is moist and not yet … Continue reading
4 November 2024
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We’ve got a collection of sewing needles and today I asked Jane to dig out the big ones. The reason was that I wanted to repair a plant cover I knocked together last year. The original was a square of … Continue reading
19 September 2024
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We got another load of soil improver from the university team at the allotment today. This one didn’t come quite as bright and early as I expected but, fortunately, I didn’t have anything else on so was able to make … Continue reading
5 September 2024
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This morning I was down to the allotment bright and early. In this case, it wasn’t to get the best of the weather (it was already overcast with a very fine drizzle) but because I’d arranged for a delivery of … Continue reading
19 August 2024
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The soft fruit at the allotment is starting to take off. Today I got a tub of raspberries and almost a full tub of blackberries. The latter are quite firm and will still be good tomorrow but the raspberries don’t … Continue reading
6 August 2024
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Beetroot and French Beans were the main things I brought back from yesterday’s session at the allotment although the picture also includes some leaves from a tree spinach (Chenopodium giganteum) plant and a handful of raspberries and blackberries (not pictured). … Continue reading
19 July 2024
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I was excited today to make my first harvest of broccoli from the allotment. It is the Calabrese type, which is meant to form a dense head but a couple of the plants had decent heads of spears and I … Continue reading
22 June 2024
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This week I’ve taken out the last of two out of three of my broad bean varieties from the allotment. Once I’ve podded, blanched and frozen most of the ‘Red Epicure’ ones I picked today (about 3.5kg!) I’ve just got … Continue reading
13 June 2024
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I spent some time at the allotment today and, among other labours, harvested some more broad beans. I’d forgotten that I had two different varieties on the left hand side of my enclosed veg area until I was partway through … Continue reading