On The Allotment

We went to the allotment again this morning due to pestering from Eva, to be fair on her I did promise that we would go down with Mummy. We have had another good short session on the allotment and Cheryl enjoyed seeing Eva getting excited and playing. We did allot of clearing, and got another [...]

We have just finished bacon butties (our Sunday morning treat) and since Eva has just said she would like to go to the allotment again and and as we had such a great morning at the allotment yesterday and since mummy missed how Eva enjoyed the allotment we are planning to go down to the [...]

We have had a good day down on the allotment, glorious sunshine, both Eva and I were out in t-shirts and sunhats. Eva loved every minute of it. We were up at normal time and had finished breakfast by 8am, mummy was at work so we sat down to watch some cbeebies and a coffee, [...]

It is Eva Birthday today and next week will mark the second anniversary of my application to the council for a council run allotment in Hessle. I did get correspondence back about a year ago saying I was number 14 on the list and did I still want to remain on the list. I am [...]

I have recently upgraded my car from a Volvo s40 saloon to a V50 estate equipped with a tow-bar. The first time down to the allotment was also the first time to the allotment in the new car and it was a delight to be able to couple up the trailer to collect sand and [...]

Yesterday I went down to the allotment for the first time for about 4 months. I have already made my excuses in previous posts as to why i had not been to the allotment in such a long time, but I was expecting to find that the plot was in a mess, however I was pleasantly [...]

As it was raining this morning, work on the Allotment or Garden here at home was out of the question so we went to Sainsburys, after shopping we called into Homebase to look for a toy box for Eva. While there I did my usual ‘walk’ down the tool isle and round the garden section. [...]

The allotment is a place to escape, somewhere I can get some peace and quiet and enjoy producing something worthwhile for the family. In the long run the allotment will be more than that, it will be somewhere the Eva can learn. We do not want her growing up not knowing where carrots come from, [...]

Well I am hanging my head in shame on two counts, firstly my lack of posts on this blog and secondly, and I must confess, even more shameful, I have not been to the allotment for over 2 months. I do have a list of excuses… wedding, honeymoon, busy at work but none of these [...]

I found this story on the BBC site and thought it was a little gem. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8102282.stm Think I will do this for my Dwarf French Beans if I win next week!

After lifting the first of the new potatoes, I created a potato salad with it. Here are some pics of the mal I created from it. We also had lettuce and raddiish followed by Strawberries… This is the life!

I thought I would do a photographic update this week rather than a video update, just as something a little different, I am pleased witht he progress, everything apart from the dwarf french beans are coming along well. I may plant some in pots back here at home and see if they can establish themselves [...]

This is the pack that I will not go to the allotment without… A Flask of Coffee and a snack! Of course I always have my camera as well!

We have finally had some sustained rain here in Hull. I know that there has not been any sort of drought, but neither has there been much int he way of rain over the last few weeks. I suspect that is why the Carrots and beetroot are not progressing as well as they could be. [...]

I have been pleasantly surprised at how popular my armature attempts at videos have been. They have received over 1500 views on YouTube and several comments. Some of the discussion I have had as a result of the videos has been very useful. I hope to keep producing them mainly for me to keep a [...]