18th January 2022 We did pull the parsnips from the plot this week. This is the left overs…

4th January 2022 There is plenty on the plot for the start of a new year. All the…

12st December 2021 Finally pulled the last of the beetroot, both at the plot and at home. The…

14th December 2021 There has yet to be a bad parsnip day, each time I dig them up…

7th December 2021 I really fancied mashed potato with leeks and kale, so I went to the plot…

30th November 2021 Very pleased with the parsnips from the garden, happy I have brought the fork from…

23rd November 2021 We have started using the parsnips from the garden, forgetting just how difficult it is…

2nd November 2021 .Finally pulled up the carrots, a mix of good large ones and a load of…

19th October 2021 The week of the squashes, I’m not sure what to do with them now we…

13th October 2021 I’ve started to pull the carrots, it will soon be too wet and damp for…

5th October 2021 October is always allotment fee month, so that’s £60s that goes straight away. It has…

28th September 2021 Finally we start pulling a lot of beetroot. Some we eat straight away, some we…

21st September 2021 A bit of a lack of photos… We pulled a load of small carrots from…

14th September 2021 Summer plants are coming to an end, we are picking the last lot of runner…

7th September 2021 It’s suddenly a rather late hot summer, for at least four days. Courgettes have slowed…

31st August 2021 We finally dug the potatoes in the garden and the harvest was a good as…

24th August 2021 The rest of the potatoes on the plot did not disappoint. The number of courgette…

10th August 2021 A positive start some actual red tomatoes growing well, and being picked, in the garden.…

3rd August 2021 It’s a week of millions of courgettes from just two plants, and a week of…

27th July 2021 The “big four” includes onions, the the summer onions have not been great. I pulled…

20th July 2021 Another one of the “big four” harvests, this time potatoes. Only one row at the…

13th July 2021 The harvests have really started, better late than never. I pulled the winter onions, one…

6th July2021 June was mostly cold, wet and windy, so far July is continuing. With such bad weather…

29th June 2021 The middle of summer, and yet most days are wet, windy and cold – harvests…

22nd June 2021 We return to mid winter, wind rain and cold temperatures. We might have had harvested…

15th June 2021 It is quite a relief that the radish phase is over for now, we couldn’t…

9th June 2021 An expensive week as the netting I bought the other month finally had to be…

21st June 2021 We have started pulling radish interplanted with the parsnips, and they are massive! A mixture…

25th May 2021 It feels like February, but longer hours. It can’t be the warmth that has made…

18th May 2021 A quiet week as we have been busy, there are things to harvest but we…

11th May 2021 A number of milestones reached this week, it is hard to know which one to…

4th May 2021 The purple sprouting is past it’s best and so I picked what I could and…

27th April 2021 A quick harvest, picked some rhubarb, made a cake… 2021 B/F –£13.51 IN OUT rhubarb…

20th April 2021 More of the same. Rhubarb is plentiful and I pick as much as I think…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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