Apr 11
Another day planned for the allotment
posted by: Digitalquill in General, Potatos, Strawberry on 04 11th, 2010 | | No Comments »

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 [...]

Jun 4
Ants eating Strawberries?
posted by: Digitalquill in Pests, Strawberry on 06 4th, 2009 | | No Comments »

The strawberries are coming along great, those under the Victorian Cloches have produced several ripe fruits and those in the fruit cage, although not as far along are heavy with fruit. The disappointing thing is that the ripe fruit have little holes nibbled in them. I first suspected that this was slugs however thinking about [...]

May 27
First Strawberry!
posted by: Digitalquill in Harvest Record, Strawberry on 05 27th, 2009 | | 1 Comment »

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.

May 24

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

Apr 7

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. [...]