On The Allotment

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I went to Homebase last night and bought a whole raft of seeds. I did not really know what I was looking for in terms of the best varieties, but I went for ones that I liked the look of, and also some that will enable me to plant several staged crops. Here are what I [...]