Parsnips and Raspberries SteveJanuary 29, 2023 I dug up the remaining parsnips, not the best harvest but better than nothing. They will be chopped…
Sunrise, frost and raspberries SteveJanuary 22, 2023 I got to the plot before sunrise this morning, it was a bit dark and certainly a lot…
Muddy Mud and Woodchip SteveJanuary 14, 2023 A lack of plot visits for over the previous months mostly due to constant rain every weekend. It…
New year – new woodchip for paths SteveJanuary 2, 2023 I knew there was woodchip available at the plot but I had not been able to get there…
2022 Summary SteveDecember 31, 2022 A quick summary of 2022… a year that seemed to come and go way too quickly. It was…
Getting Wet SteveDecember 22, 2022 I sometimes have so much time off around Christmas but the days are too short or the days…
Suddenly… I get to the Plot SteveNovember 27, 2022November 27, 2022 One minute it was autumn, the next it was full blown biblical winter. Dark skies, rain, wind, floods…
Cutting Down Field Beans SteveNovember 13, 2022 With bad weather and other commitments getting in the way, I had my first visit the plot for…
Carrots out, Garlic in… SteveOctober 10, 2022October 9, 2022 Hard to believe that there was a row of carrots between the parsnips and the beetroot on the…
Sorting out the Sprouts SteveOctober 5, 2022October 4, 2022 It’s been a busy weekend, no time to go to the plot and so I went after work…
Pumpkins, Edging, Field Beans SteveSeptember 19, 2022September 19, 2022 For quite a while we had two pumpkins growing off of the one plant, one grew larger each…
Heavy Rain SteveSeptember 13, 2022September 11, 2022 Lots of rain and it was heavy. I wondered how the netting I had put over the brassicas…
Shorter Days SteveSeptember 8, 2022September 8, 2022 Suddenly it feels like autumn when only the other week we were in the middle of a drought.…
Field Beans – Green Manure SteveAugust 27, 2022 I’ve tried overwintered green manure before but have always done it a little too late meaning they had…
Rain! SteveAugust 20, 2022 It was starting to get a bit tedious, constant watering every other day which by the time you…
Swede plants SteveAugust 9, 2022 We have never bought plants, we have always grown from seed. Buying in small seedlings is just too…
Planting out purple sprouting SteveJuly 31, 2022 I thought I had left it a bit late, but looking back at notes from last year I…
Sprouts and more watering SteveJuly 28, 2022July 27, 2022 During the summer months there is not much to do apart from watering, weeding, and harvesting. Most of…
The Hottest Day Ever SteveJuly 22, 2022 We didn’t get temperatures of 40c but we were around 30c for most of the day, maxing at…
Summer time – lots of watering SteveJuly 7, 2022July 7, 2022 The potatoes on the plot certainly were in need of water when I visited in the evening, hopefully…
Tomatoes, Squash, Decking SteveJune 26, 2022 Lots going on both at home and at the plot. At home I pulled the over wintered onions…
Garlic and Onion Harvest SteveJune 20, 2022June 19, 2022 Suddenly, both the garlic and the overwintered onions looked ready, they had both died back. I did have…
2021 – The Stats SteveJune 10, 2022 Summary A bit late (halfway through 2022!) but time to look at the stats for 2021. Highlights include:…
Sun – Rain – Sun – Mice SteveJune 8, 2022 We have had hot days of 24c and then lots of heavy rain in between, good weather for…
Planting out at the plot SteveMay 22, 2022 An early 7am start, up to the plot in the car with various things to plant out. I…
Left over potatoes and cutting grass SteveMay 8, 2022 A hot and sunny afternoon doing small bits around the plot. I planted some borlotti beans, seeds given…
Lots of Weeding – no Rain SteveMay 2, 2022May 2, 2022 It didn’t rain in April and so I have been watering both at home and at the plot.…
Earthing Up Potatoes – sowing carrots SteveApril 25, 2022April 24, 2022 A quick visit to the plot to sow a row of carrots and beetroot. While there I noticed…
Potatoes all in… SteveApril 17, 2022April 16, 2022 An early morning start at the plot, and why not with the good Easter weather we were having.…
Potatoes and Parsnips SteveMarch 27, 2022 A freaky warm week, blue skies and sun. I spent an early morning at the plot and it…
Late night digging SteveMarch 22, 2022March 21, 2022 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 SteveMarch 21, 2022 No our plot, we aren’t allowed sheds on our plot. Myself and Tom built a shed, well Tom…
Compost and onions SteveMarch 13, 2022March 13, 2022 It was blue skies and sun, cold but warm when the sun was on you. That was the…
After the Storm SteveFebruary 19, 2022 I wasn’t too worried, although I knew I had not really secured the netting very well last week…
Looking after the Purple Sprouting SteveFebruary 12, 2022February 13, 2022 Sown months and months ago, these take a very long time to mature and give something to harvest.…
Parsnips from the plot SteveJanuary 15, 2022January 15, 2022 Most of the parsnips I direct sowed in the garden and so far each one we have dug…
2021 Summary SteveDecember 31, 2021January 1, 2022 A quick summary of 2021… January The year started with zombies, coffee, and cow poo. I was amazed…
Dark and wet days – moving rhubarb SteveDecember 30, 2021 We seem to take days off work over Christmas when it’s dark and wet and not much going…
More onions and less fence SteveDecember 20, 2021 Short days, mostly just drizzle, damp, and cloud, but sometimes the odd bit of sun too. I took…
Blackberry Planted SteveDecember 11, 2021 An unexpected sunny (cold) afternoon with a couple of hours to spare, so I thought I would plant…
Knives and Birthdays SteveDecember 5, 2021 A quick visit to the plot, it was my birthday and I had a new Hori Hori knife…
Hammer and Blackberries SteveNovember 27, 2021 We braved the wind and the cold to venture out to Hurstpierpoint to buy a second hoe so…
Leaves everywhere SteveNovember 21, 2021 I was faced with a thick sea of leaves when I arrived at the plot late in the…
Woodchip and poo SteveNovember 7, 2021 Every year it comes to about now and I start pondering about where to get hold of cheap…
Quick visit for carrots SteveOctober 31, 2021 Rain and wind, that’s it until March time maybe. I had left carrots in the ground long enough…
Strawberries Moved SteveOctober 23, 2021 I pondered about it, I thought I’d leave it to next year, I did some small bits of…
Strawberries and onions SteveOctober 17, 2021 I took advantage of a couple of days this week where I was working in the afternoon and…
Strawberries and fence SteveOctober 9, 2021 A surprise sunny afternoon, I spent it putting up the next bit of ‘fence’ and continuing to tidy…
An autumn feeling SteveSeptember 26, 2021 With a bit of summer still hanging on, in the shape of one late red strawberry in the…