A little bit of rain in the garden
Not much on the plot this weekend. Saturday was like a summer’s day, blue sky and hot, Sunday…
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Weekly Harvest 10th May 22
10th May 2022 Radish at the plot, I picked a load of the ones marking the parsnips. Some…
Left over potatoes and cutting grass
A hot and sunny afternoon doing small bits around the plot. I planted some borlotti beans, seeds given…
Weekly Harvest 3rd May 22
3rd May 2022 The leeks are looking a bit past it, which they are really seeing as it’s…
Lots of Weeding – no Rain
It didn’t rain in April and so I have been watering both at home and at the plot.…
Peas in the Garden
I was just going out in the garden to sow some runner and french bean seeds, but to…
Weekly Harvest 26th April 22
26th April 2022 The same again…. it really must now be the last big picking of purple sprouting,…
Earthing Up Potatoes – sowing carrots
A quick visit to the plot to sow a row of carrots and beetroot. While there I noticed…
Grass in the Garden
We ran out of time over Easter, the finishing touch to the two new beds in the garden…
Weekly Harvest 19th April 22
19th April 2022 Much the same, although this is probably the last week we will have loads of…
Sowing seeds in the Garden
We also planted out some lettuce plants that have been growing in pots for the last month. I…
Potatoes all in…
An early morning start at the plot, and why not with the good Easter weather we were having.…
Garden beds ready
I had hoped to had spent the evenings during the week finishing off the second bed, but the…
Weekly Harvest 12th April 22
12th April 2022 It will be a sad day when the purple sprouting finally stops providing, we are…
Change in the Garden
The garden is annoying in that it is not on a hill and yet it is on a…
Weekly Harvest 5th April 22
5th April 2022 Just a small harvest, a quick trip up to the plot to get bits for…
Weekly Harvest 29th Mar 22
22th March 2022 I have noticed onion looking things growing where we had carrots last year, I assumed…
Potatoes and Parsnips
A freaky warm week, blue skies and sun. I spent an early morning at the plot and it…
Late night digging
On week to go until the clocks change, suddenly evening visits become possible. Even this week, with recent…
Building a Shed not on our plot
No our plot, we aren’t allowed sheds on our plot. Myself and Tom built a shed, well Tom…
Weekly Harvest 15th Mar 22
15th March 2022 It was good to have purple sprouting on my last visit, I was hoping for…
Compost and onions
It was blue skies and sun, cold but warm when the sun was on you. That was the…
Weekly Harvest 8th March 22
8th March 2022 No harvest this week, mainly because I’ve not had time to go to the plot…
Weekly Harvest 22nd Feb 22
22nd February 2022 Something new, we have never grown cress, we had our first ‘pot’ of cress this…
After the Storm
I wasn’t too worried, although I knew I had not really secured the netting very well last week…
Weekly Harvest 15th Feb 22
15th February 2022 I pulled the last of the swede and probably did a last picking of sprouts…
Poo in the Garden
Most weekends so far this year have been wet and miserable, not much going on in the garden…
Looking after the Purple Sprouting
Sown months and months ago, these take a very long time to mature and give something to harvest.…
Weekly Harvest – 8th Feb 22
8th February 2022 No visit to the plot, busy weekends and there’s not much that can be done…
Weekly Harvest 1st Feb 22
1st February 2022 We picked a lot of the sprouts, some for eating and some for freezing. We…
Weekly Harvest 25th Jan 22
25th January 2022 The normal suspects for winter time and casseroles. We have plenty of parsnips from last…
Weekly Harvest 18th Jan 22
18th January 2022 We did pull the parsnips from the plot this week. This is the left overs…
Parsnips from the plot
Most of the parsnips I direct sowed in the garden and so far each one we have dug…
Weekly Harvest 4th Jan 22
4th January 2022 There is plenty on the plot for the start of a new year. All the…
2021 Summary
A quick summary of 2021… January The year started with zombies, coffee, and cow poo. I was amazed…
Dark and wet days – moving rhubarb
We seem to take days off work over Christmas when it’s dark and wet and not much going…
Weekly Harvest 28th Dec 21
28th December 2021 We were not at home for Christmas, but we did take our own parsnips to…
Weekly Harvest 21st Dec 21
12st December 2021 Finally pulled the last of the beetroot, both at the plot and at home. The…
More onions and less fence
Short days, mostly just drizzle, damp, and cloud, but sometimes the odd bit of sun too. I took…
Weekly Harvest 14th Dec 21
14th December 2021 There has yet to be a bad parsnip day, each time I dig them up…
Blackberry Planted
An unexpected sunny (cold) afternoon with a couple of hours to spare, so I thought I would plant…
Weekly Harvest 7th Dec 21
7th December 2021 I really fancied mashed potato with leeks and kale, so I went to the plot…
Knives and Birthdays
A quick visit to the plot, it was my birthday and I had a new Hori Hori knife…
Weekly Harvest 30th Nov 21
30th November 2021 Very pleased with the parsnips from the garden, happy I have brought the fork from…
Parsnips from the garden
It was cold but it was very sunny, which seemed like a good time to do bits in…
Hammer and Blackberries
We braved the wind and the cold to venture out to Hurstpierpoint to buy a second hoe so…
Weekly Harvest 23rd Nov 21
23rd November 2021 We have started using the parsnips from the garden, forgetting just how difficult it is…
Leaves everywhere
I was faced with a thick sea of leaves when I arrived at the plot late in the…
Weekly Harvest 16th Nov 21
16th November 2021 No pictures again – just picked beetroot to share. 2021 B/F £347.83 IN OUT beetroot…
Weekly Harvest 9th Nov 21
9th November 2021 No pictures, we picked the things and cooked them straight away. Still trying to eat…