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…

22nd December 2020 The calm before Christmas, and the prospect of empty shelves in shops while everyone panics,…

15th December 2020 The last of the beetroot was pulled from the garden. It was a cold a…

8th December 2020 Parsnips on the plot, I started digging them up and before I knew it I…

1st December 2020 A quiet week, for no real reason apart from… well no real reason at all.…

24th November 2020 We finally picked a fennel bulb and roast it. The strong aniseed smell you get…

17th November 2020 Last week I was surprised by raspberries and I picked them all, this week they…

10th November 2020 I was rather surprised to see so many raspberries when I went up to the…

27th October 2020 I must plan out next year’s seeds and put in an order, I’ve been saying…

20th October 2020 Almost like the last super, you can feel this is the ‘last harvest’ of the…

13th October 2020 October is the most expensive month being the time to pay the yearly plot fees.…

We have been watching for months, the small butternut squash fruits slowly growing… Some even managed to get…

29th September 2020 A bit of a surprise from the large carrots from the plot, both normal orange…

22nd September 2020 Cucamelons and tomatoes following a bit of a warm and sunny week. It’ a race…

15th September 2020 We are pacing ourselves with white cabbage having picked one a couple of weeks ago…

8th September 2020 Rather lacking on harvest photos as we just pick them as needed from the garden…