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Weekly Harvest 13th April 21

SteveApril 13, 2021

13th April 2021 I picked a whole load and yet it seemed to make no difference to what…

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So much rhubarb

SteveApril 11, 2021

We have been busy at home these last couple of weeks and I knew while we were absent…

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2020 The Stats

SteveApril 2, 2021

Summary I might as well start with the obvious – Zombies. This whole Covid stuff meant we prepared…

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Potatoes are go…

SteveApril 1, 2021

Busy weekends coming up, and cold weather plus snow (I’ll believe it when I see it) forecast over…

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Weekly Harvest 30th March 21

SteveMarch 30, 2021

30th March 2021 The weekly ‘leek report’… 2021 B/F –£28.89 IN OUT leek- 400g £0.88 WEEK TOTAL £0.88…

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Onions and rhubarb

SteveMarch 27, 2021

I walked up to the plot early in the morning with a small bag of onion sets to…

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Just sowing…

SteveMarch 21, 2021

I have a long list of things to start sowing undercover which I am working through bit-by-bit. I…

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Weekly Harvest 16th March 2021

SteveMarch 16, 2021

16th March 2021 More leeks…. 2021 B/F –£29.44 IN OUT leek- 250g £0.55 WEEK TOTAL £0.55 RUNNING 2021…

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Prepping the beds

SteveMarch 14, 2021

Give it a couple of weeks or so and I’ll be planting potatoes and onions, I thought this…

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Weekly Harvest 9th March 21

SteveMarch 9, 2021

9th March 2021 Just popping up to pull some leeks…. it’s all mostly leeks at the moment. 2021…

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New Poo… and garden bed finished

SteveMarch 7, 2021

I’ve been looking at the half finished bed in the garden and thinking I’m going to have to…

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Repotting & Sun on the Plot

SteveMarch 2, 2021

Now that both the currants and the gooseberries are in the same area on the plot (and hopefully…

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Work continues at home

SteveFebruary 27, 2021

Back in September I worked on the bed at home and edging with ‘railway sleepers’, looking back at…

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Weekly Harvest 23rd Feb 21

SteveFebruary 23, 2021

23rd February 2021 A visit to the plot showed the pigeons had been hungry and eaten all the…

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Freezing weather and beans

SteveFebruary 20, 2021

The thermometer was gladly telling me that the high for the week had been 0c while the low…

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Weekly Harvest 9th Feb 21

SteveFebruary 9, 2021

9th February 2021 Man can’t live on just swede and turnip… although I’m sure he could if he…

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Pottering in the (no) snow

SteveFebruary 7, 2021

There was no real plan this morning apart from taking pictures of the allotment in the snow that…

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Cutting down the Hop

SteveFebruary 6, 2021

An annual job to cut down the hop bush. At this time of the year the garden is…

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Weekly Harvest 2nd Feb 21

SteveFebruary 2, 2021

2nd February 2021 We fancied leek and potato soup and so we went up and pulled a couple…

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Just a walk to get bits for tea…

SteveJanuary 31, 2021

There is not much to do at the plot, nor in the garden. Both are pretty wet and…

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Weekly Harvest 26th Jan 21

SteveJanuary 26, 2021

26th January 2021 Swedes and turnips, and a handful of sprouts that I found. I’m leaving the leaks…

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No more cherry tree

SteveJanuary 23, 2021

I’m not sure how I feel about people who plant trees on allotment plots, they are such a…

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Weekly Harvest 19th Jan 21

SteveJanuary 19, 2021January 19, 2021

19th January 2021 Less of a harvest and more of a spending session online. I had no multi-purpose…

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2020 Summary

SteveJanuary 17, 2021January 17, 2021

A quick summary of 2020… January I planted out some more broadbeans after mice/rats eat some of the…

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Weekly Harvest 12th Jan 21

SteveJanuary 12, 2021

12th January 2021 Another bite size swede which once again was just the right size for a meal…

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Deep freeze in the garden

SteveJanuary 10, 2021January 9, 2021

We don’t have frost that often, but when we do it stays in the garden for days. The…

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Weekly Harvest 5th Jan 2021

SteveJanuary 9, 2021

5th January 2021 It was time to dig up the parsnips in the garden. These were all last…

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Zombies, coffee and cow poo

SteveJanuary 9, 2021

Let’s start with the coffee, and the zombies… It’s been an interesting week with a mixture of it…

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Frosty Parsnips and Gooseberries

SteveDecember 31, 2020December 31, 2020

It seems almost as exciting as snow these days, we don’t get much frost on the south coast…

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Weekly Harvest 29th Dec 2020

SteveDecember 29, 2020December 30, 2020

29th December 2020 Nothing says Christmas like a turnip….. possibly. It seems like a poor Christmas harvest but…

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Weekly Harvest 22nd Dec 20

SteveDecember 22, 2020

22nd December 2020 The calm before Christmas, and the prospect of empty shelves in shops while everyone panics,…

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Digging the garden

SteveDecember 19, 2020

This is the year of “no no-dig” I feel. Part of growing for me is the digging, I…

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Pruning Things

SteveDecember 18, 2020

Not only did I have the afternoon off work, but it was (cold) sunny too. Knowing that it…

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Weekly Harvest 15th Dec 20

SteveDecember 15, 2020

15th December 2020 The last of the beetroot was pulled from the garden. It was a cold a…

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Digging Weed Roots

SteveDecember 13, 2020

Finished off digging the space next to the gooseberries. The gooseberry bushes will move over the next month…

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Weekly Harvest 8th Dec 2020

SteveDecember 8, 2020

8th December 2020 Parsnips on the plot, I started digging them up and before I knew it I…

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A quarter of the parsnips

SteveDecember 6, 2020

Because I planted four rows on the plot and only about a quarter of them survived which was…

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Weekly Harvest 1st December 2020

SteveDecember 1, 2020December 1, 2020

1st December 2020 A quiet week, for no real reason apart from… well no real reason at all.…

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More poo in the garden

SteveNovember 30, 2020November 29, 2020

I will need more bags of it too I fear. I emptied another three bags of rotted down…

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Beans and Cabbages

SteveNovember 29, 2020

The other week I sowed broad beans direct in the ground at the plot while also sowing some…

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Weekly Harvest 24th Nov 20

SteveNovember 24, 2020November 24, 2020

24th November 2020 We finally picked a fennel bulb and roast it. The strong aniseed smell you get…

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Mini red cabbage and fennel

SteveNovember 22, 2020

The only reason for visiting the plot this morning was to take up some chopped up bush clippings…

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Weekly Harvest 17th Nov 20

SteveNovember 17, 2020

17th November 2020 Last week I was surprised by raspberries and I picked them all, this week they…

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Just a winter late afternoon visit

SteveNovember 15, 2020

It was a bit windy, certainly a bit rainy and within an hour it would be dark, but…

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Weekly Harvest 10th Nov 20

SteveNovember 10, 2020

10th November 2020 I was rather surprised to see so many raspberries when I went up to the…

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Fire time

SteveNovember 8, 2020November 8, 2020

Maybe once or twice a year we have a fire on the plot to get rid of general…

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Weekly Harvest 27th Oct 20

SteveOctober 27, 2020

27th October 2020 I must plan out next year’s seeds and put in an order, I’ve been saying…

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Pulling carrots in the rain

SteveOctober 25, 2020

I sowed celeriac back in the spring, looked after the seedlings as they grew, kept them watered and…

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Making the most of the sun and the day light

SteveOctober 22, 2020

Probably the only sunny and clear day for a little while and certainly the last chance for an…

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Weekly Harvest 20th Oct 20

SteveOctober 20, 2020

20th October 2020 Almost like the last super, you can feel this is the ‘last harvest’ of the…

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