On The Allotment

I lifted the first potatoes today, I dug up one plant just to see what stage they were at. This was the first row of the first earlies planted, they are Duke of York. As you will see I got a nice little crop from it, although there were many more little potatoes starting to [...]

I picked the first strawberry from the allotment today, we shared half each, tasted absolutely fantastic! The experiment with the victorian cloches has clearly worked, the three plants that are under the cloches were the last to be planted, and these are the ones that the fruit is largest and ripening.

Had a good day on the allotment today, managed to get the rest of the potatoes in, that means that the whole of plot 3 is planted up with potatoes.  I then tackled the raised bed and spent over an hour picking out weeds which had begun to take over, it is amazing at how [...]

I picked the first produce from the allotment this weekend. The first of the Rhubarb! We then had Rhubarb and custard for pudding, can it get any better? I am keeping a record of everything that I both plant and harvest from the allotment. This first crop was a modest 350 grams but plenty for [...]