On The Allotment

All the videos on this blog and on my On The Allotment YouTube channel are available in High Definition format. The ones that I embed into the blog post are the normal low resolution ones, but if you head over to my YouTube Channel, you will be able to click on the HD link below [...]

I bought two raspberry canes from Homebase the other night, and wanted to get them planted, so that was one job that I got onto today. The packaging had good instructions, firstly instructing you to soak the root balls for an hour before planting, so the first thing I did to day at the allotment [...]

Cheryl, Eva, Kieth and Mavis came to see me at the allotment today, unfortunatly Cheryl managed to get hold of my camera before I could stop her!

Probably over done it on the potatoes, but hey!!! I know some people who may take some.

I prepared and planted the fist carrots today, in fact these were actually the first seeds to be planted on the allotment. You can see from the photographs below how I prepared the plot, which is at one end of the raised bed area. Firstly I dug in two bags of sharp sand, this breaks [...]

I went to Homebase last night and bought a whole raft of seeds. I did not really know what I was looking for in terms of the best varieties, but I went for ones that I liked the look of, and also some that will enable me to plant several staged crops. Here are what I [...]

On Sunday I took a walk down to the allotment, with a wheel barrow full of veg peelings, a few funny looks from passers by, but hey! I wanted to get a bean trench prepared. I took a video of the preparation. How to prepare a bean trench Dig a small trench, 1 spit deep [...]

I have updated the allotment plan to show the proposed 2009 layout. The proportions are roughly drawn out, but this will be tweaked when I am actually planting to make the best use of the space. I went to the allotment today and dug a compost trench, h

In addition to the last video post, I planted the Rhubarb that I dug up from one of our properties some time ago. It has been stuck in a couple of heavy duty bags for the last month or so and has begun to sprout, so time really was of the essence. I decided to [...]

I thought I would take the video camera down to the allotment and get some video of it as it is now. This is my first attempt at a video blog or vlog so probably not the best produced work, but it will give you an idea of what the plot looks like.

While searching for information on allotment gardening and what i should be doing now on the allotment. I found the following news story. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/02/09/long-waits-for-plots-as-allotment-growing-takes-off-91466-22883756/ This just proves firstly how lucky I am to have been given this plot, and also the growing popularity for allotments. Over 3000 People in Wales are waiting for a plot [...]

I took some more pictures of the allotment while I was measuring up today, this time with my camera rather than mobile phone. Thought I would upload them.

I found the allotment plot on Google Earth, so here is a little pic of what it looks like from the air. Not in great resolution as Hull is not important enough to photograph in detail!

We had a walk down to the allotment again today with Eva, took us 10 minutes! Will be a nice little walk on a summer evening, especially when Eva is walking. I measured up and sketched out the plot, and this afternoon I have created the following plot drawing on the computer. I will use [...]

I have just taken Eva down to see the allotment, still covered in snow! I took some pictures on my mobile phone. I hope to re-visit tomorrow to get some better ones with camera, and to measure up the plot so that I can start planning.