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, [...]
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
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 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 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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
Probably over done it on the potatoes, but hey!!! I know some people who may take some.
I prepared and planted the fist carrots today, in fact these were actually the first seeds to be planted on the allotment. You can see from the photographs below how I prepared the plot, which is at one end of the raised bed area. Firstly I dug in two bags of sharp sand, this breaks [...]