Potatoes and Fences SteveAugust 14, 2021 I pulled up the tomato plants at the plot, rescuing a small number of green tomatoes along the…
Planting out things SteveAugust 1, 2021 Not much to say about the storms the day before, I had tied things up the night before…
Picking up tomato plants SteveJuly 30, 2021 It had been windy and rainy all week, but one evening at least the rain stopped. I thought…
Summer Evenings SteveJuly 24, 2021 It’s only been hot summer weather for the last week, but that’s enough for words like “heatwave”, “drought”…
The Night of the Potatoes – lots of them SteveJuly 18, 2021 One of the “big four” harvests came in this week, the potatoes or at least the start of…
It’s Summer Time SteveJuly 14, 2021 Saturday was like winter time, wet and cold. Sunday (morning) was like summer, Sunday afternoon was back to…
Wind damaged tomatoes SteveJuly 8, 2021 Strong winds in the summer are a bit worse than strong winds in the winter, the tomato plants…
A bit of calm before all the storms SteveJuly 6, 2021July 6, 2021 It’s maybe worth taking photos on the odd warm and still day, it’s doesn’t seem to happen much…
Cloudy, murky, but warm(ish) SteveJune 27, 2021 Over wintered broad beans, we have been giving them away, we have so many and the freezer just…
Weeding after the rain SteveJune 20, 2021 Actually, there is more rain to come, but a small break allowed me to spend some time weeding.…
An evening of planting SteveJune 12, 2021June 15, 2021 It’s about time, a bit late this year. The final set of squash plants planted out at the…
Leeks, Sprouts & Squashes SteveJune 8, 2021 Not much happened in May, it was too cold, nothing was growing. All it needs is sun and…
Sun! SteveMay 31, 2021 A visit in the evening on a rare non-raining, non-windy day, not the warmest but quite calming all…
The Day After Tomorrow SteveMay 23, 2021 I’m surprised not more was made of it on the news, we had super strong wind blowing day…
Planting out Parsnips SteveMay 20, 2021 The first year we grew parsnips I started them off undercover in loo rolls and planted them out…
The night of the netting SteveMay 13, 2021May 12, 2021 The fruit cage was never destined to be covered in bright blue scaffold netting, I was waiting for…
Rain and sun SteveMay 10, 2021 Which means weeds have shot up during the week, I spent the first hour weeding, pulling up bindweed…
The Longest (busiest) Day SteveMay 2, 2021May 2, 2021 The list of things to do was long and it included a fruit cage and a greenhouse (the…
Evening Visits SteveApril 23, 2021April 22, 2021 Have started, a quick 30 minutes or so after work which might have turned into an hour, or…
More potatoes and onions SteveApril 19, 2021April 18, 2021 Overwintered onion seed plants are doing quite well on the plot although are noticeably behind the sets, which…
So much rhubarb SteveApril 11, 2021 We have been busy at home these last couple of weeks and I knew while we were absent…
2020 The Stats SteveApril 2, 2021January 1, 2022 Summary I might as well start with the obvious – Zombies. This whole Covid stuff meant we prepared…
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…
Onions and rhubarb SteveMarch 27, 2021 I walked up to the plot early in the morning with a small bag of onion sets to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
2020 Summary SteveJanuary 17, 2021January 1, 2022 A quick summary of 2020… January I planted out some more broadbeans after mice/rats eat some of the…
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…
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…
Pruning Things SteveDecember 18, 2020 Not only did I have the afternoon off work, but it was (cold) sunny too. Knowing that it…
Digging Weed Roots SteveDecember 13, 2020 Finished off digging the space next to the gooseberries. The gooseberry bushes will move over the next month…
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…
Beans and Cabbages SteveNovember 29, 2020 The other week I sowed broad beans direct in the ground at the plot while also sowing some…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Planting Garlic SteveOctober 9, 2020October 10, 2020 We had so much garlic this year, not the best looking but quantity overruled quality it seems and…
Pottering in the (early) autumn sun SteveSeptember 26, 2020 No real plan this morning, but after a couple of days of rain I thought a visit in…
Climbing trees, again SteveSeptember 16, 2020September 16, 2020 Our Wednesday evening visits to the plot with Tom continue, helped a lot by me finishing work a…
Planting peas and beans SteveSeptember 13, 2020 The first lot of planting at the plot for a while, peas and broad beans both a variety…
Prepping Beds SteveSeptember 5, 2020 There is not a lot going on at the plot, it’s all happening in the garden at home…
Using our own compost SteveAugust 31, 2020 Part of the idea of tidying up the compost area was to actually empty out the compost so…
Starting to Tidy SteveAugust 26, 2020 It has been on the list for months, tidying up the area around the compost bins. We still…