On The Allotment

Its bank holiday Sunday and everything on the allotment is blooming. It is a glorious day, blue sky and the world could not be better! Have a look at my quick video of the progress

The weekend just gone was the first day back on the allotment following our holiday and Evas birthday. The progress on the allotment is very exciting. The Rhubarb is motoring along, Mange Tout is coming through, the first rows of early potatoes are showing through, the rows of carrots, beetroot and parsnips are coming along. [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

Following a short delay, we are now ready to start on the allotment. I am planning to go down this weekend and size things up. I am looking after Eva (10 months old) on Saturday so I will take a stroll out with her in her chariot to see the plot again. I plan to [...]

I have been very fortunate that this plot of land has coincided with a property that I own just going up for rent. I have been doing some work on the property, putting a new window in and some other improvements, so I have not had any tenants in the property for a while. The [...]