On The Allotment

I have been down to the allotment this evening to take some wood I have collected from a friend. I will be making a leaf compost bin out of it so look out for a how-to post in the near future. It was a little difficult in the dark, but by torchlight I noticed that [...]

Here is a short video of the progress on the allotment this weekend. I have managed to get in another row of Early Potatoes, Early Carrots, another two rows of onions (one red one white) and setup the cloche. I am please with the progress of the Rhubarb, which has surprised me again this weekend. [...]

The cloche that I bought on Ebay has been sat at home for the last couple of weeks because I forgot to take it down to the allotment when I went. The thing that was even more frustrating was I again forgot to take it down this morning when I went. However, I decided that [...]

Here is a short video about planting Mange Tout. I planted half a row of Mange Tout on the allotment this weekend, with a view to planting the other half in a few weeks time. Apologies for the sound quality, I have yet to get a microphone working.

I managed to get three more fruit bushes for the soft fruit area. Homebase are doing a 3 for £10 deal for good sized year old plants. I bought the following Gooseberry – Hinnomaki Green Blackberry – Waldo Black Current – Ben Lomond I got them planted today and the soft fruit area is now [...]

Here is a short video of the progress on the allotment this weekend. I was hoping to get down there today, however, we took Eva to The Deep and then the weather turned against me. I have planted 3 more fruit bushes, more about that in a forthcoming post, planted a row of beetroot, erected [...]

Although it is not the time to be planting Runner Beans or French Beans, I decided to prepare the support for them. This is a fairly simple task that many people take to an art form. I however and more interested in getting the job done and making it functional. First insert two parallel rows [...]

The microphone that I bought on Ebay, will not work with my Camera. There is nothing wrong with the microphone, it is a perfectly standard radio mic. The problem as usual is Sony’s proprietary components. The only mics that will work are ‘Sony Active Shoe’ Microphones. These are of course four times more expensive and [...]

I have been having problems with the sound quality and levels on the videos. On some it is impossible to hear what I am saying. This is due to the camera I am using which has a very wide open microphone. This is great for general use, and hand holding the camera and talking, but [...]

If you viewed on of my latest videos you will know that I managed to but a cloche on ebay. It is ‘poly-tunnel’ shape, 4 meters long and about 40x40cm wide and tall. As you will see from the plan I was going to plant my salad crops in the raised bed area, however, with [...]

A little tip that I have learned, rather than buying the commercial plant labels, simply cut them out of plastic food containers such as marg tubs or take-away containers. Here is a video to show you how.

This weekend I got in two rows of the first early seed potatoes. I have gone for Duke of York, never grown these before so we will see what happens and what they are like. I did not get chance to chit the potatoes, however based on the reading I have done, there is some [...]

I took an update video to show the progress on the allotment on Sunday. Not that there is a great deal to see, but you will be able to see what I have been working on.

I could not do a piece to camera today as the neighbours on the allotment were here. I did however take a short catch up video after I packed up. I will be back at the allotment today to get some first early potatoes and anything else I can get done.