
Evening visit, banking up potatoes
No longer working for home, for now, means I can’t finish work and be on the plot before…
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No longer working for home, for now, means I can’t finish work and be on the plot before…
A had a chance afternoon not at work during the week and so took the opportunity to spend…
Cloudy early morning which soon turned to warm sun. I cycled up to the plot as the main…
Blue sky and sun but very windy. Coming from the south and so hitting the plot head on.…
So far with Easter weather, promised to be windy and unsettled, has turned out to be warm with…
Forecast for rain but when I woke up it was blue sky and sunny. I wasn’t planning anything…
After a bit of a rainy week and next week looking like much the same, Saturday started off…
It must be the first day of the year where it has been cold but sunny, clear blue…
There was a brief bit of early morning sun and blue sky which made me think I could…
Not much has happened on the plot for weeks because it’s been constantly raining all month. However, at…
For the last couple of years we have not had any frost or sub-zero temperatures. We got a…
2024 has (still) not given us flying cars but it has given us lots of rain and high…
I had a midweek day off work and it turned out to be quite sunny and warm, I…
According to the weather, today will be the last day of the year when it won’t be wet,…
The last time I was at the plot, there were leaves on the trees and everything was looking…
I have not been to the plot for nearly a month, a mixture of being busy and bad…
Not me, the local wildlife…. We get this every so often where upon arriving I find a lot…
I’m glad I decided to grow turnips this year as I really fancied a meal with turnips, maybe…
A short afternoon visit, after all the wind and rain during the week some fresh air was needed…
I received an email the other week from the allotment committee telling us that we must all destroy…
Three days where the temperature has reached 25c which makes it a heatwave. That is where we have…
It was still all a bit misty when I arrived early in the morning and a bit cold.…
It seems like ages since I have gone to the plot first thing in the morning and spent…
The middle of summer and while there is plenty to be done on the plot, at the same…
I also built a bit more of the plot edging using the old decking from the garden, a…
I quickly went up to the allotment in the evening when it was neither windy, rainy, or cold.…
A rare sunny and dry day, although windy, I thought we’d better dig up the potatoes. This was…
At long last I got to plant out the swedes, so far this year has been mostly catching…
An afternoon of weeding where I filled two buckets full of bindweed, I also tied up the tomatoes…
I had not been to the plot for over a week, the weather had been a mix of…
Suddenly it was mid year, longest day, time for the garlic to be pulled up. Until a week…
On my todo list I have “wire up raspberries” which is a reminder to put in place some…
Watering the plot has always been quite a major job, multiple trips to the water trough up and…
Still not really hitting 20c according to the temperature probe in the garden, but in the sun it…
Firstly, bindweed. I managed with ease to fill a small trug with it. Mostly it comes out easy…
The sprouts I sowed in seed tray, in coir, had grown well but were starting to show signs…
A late start and one where it was hot and sunny. I could had done more but I…
I thought I would go up to the plot to give the seeds a bit of a water.…
I found it hard to find borlotti bean seeds, I tracked them down as pinto beans. I’m not…
Suddenly, Sunday afternoon it became sunny and warm. It’s not yet been hot yet this year, there has…
A good four hours on the plot while Tom was at work, super early in the morning and…
Sun, a small bit of warmth, but plenty of rain means the plot and it’s bindweed was in…
I wanted to sow parsnips last week but the weather didn’t allow it. It was cloudy but warm…
Easter weekend was set to be super sunny for the most part (BRITS SIZZLE IN EASTER HEATWAVE.. as…
This weekend would be the last time fires are permitted until the end of summer, so I was…
Finally got round to replacing the “decking” at the plot. It was originally made of pallets but after…
Mostly sowing more seeds, which will start off indoors until they germinate and then go outside undercover. Last…
Suddenly… it was time to sow seeds for 2023 and with the prospect of it getting busy as…
Finally, I finish pruning/chopping the shrubs and trees in the garden for their yearly haircut. It seems to…
I’ve been recording outside temperatures for three years now (the computer does all the monitor, I just look…