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…
Garden taking shape SteveSeptember 23, 2020September 22, 2020 I’ve done as much as I can with edging the plot in the garden, half is done but…
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…
Working in the Garden SteveSeptember 6, 2020 After a summer of pondering and planning, I finally ordered the wood and it turned up, it was…
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…
Garden plans and strawberry beds SteveAugust 23, 2020 When we dug over the lawn in the garden we had no real plan apart from having a…
Evening visits in the heat SteveAugust 19, 2020 All of last week was so super hot we ended up doing quite a lot of visits to…
Super hot and it’s only 10am SteveAugust 9, 2020 I purposely went up to the plot at 6am in order to beat the hot weather, my first…
Late Night Poo SteveAugust 5, 2020 It is noticeable that evenings are getting darker earlier, but the warm weather means it’s not a problem.…
Watering and tidying SteveAugust 2, 2020 Mostly this week we have been watering, either the garden with the water butt, or visits to the…
Podcast SteveJuly 30, 2020July 30, 2020 It was a good to catch up with Richard of The Veg Grower Podcast the other evening, on…
Blackberries, swedes, courgettes – and paths SteveJuly 27, 2020 A full day of rain of Saturday meant next day, hot and sunny, plants have liked it a…
One last lot of carrots SteveJuly 22, 2020 The carrots in the garden started off well, but they have been crowded and got quite wet and…
Harvests from the garden SteveJuly 19, 2020 The potatoes were first to be put into the garden and while we did dig a couple up…
Leeks and netting SteveJuly 15, 2020 Breakfast outside in the sun, by the evening it seemed cold, dark, and back to winter once again.…
Evening watering and currants SteveJuly 13, 2020 For a while it feels like it is the middle of winter and then the next week it…
Wintery evening of onions SteveJuly 12, 2020July 13, 2020 Something Tom and myself look forward to is the summer evening “pulling of the onions”, but he had…
Problem with wind… SteveJuly 5, 2020 Monday last week it started and it has not stopped, wind is a bit of a problem. The…
Day of the currants and the poo SteveJune 28, 2020 Super windy day but at least it was sunny unlike yesterday which was like a cold winter day.…
Night of the Potatoes SteveJune 24, 2020 Just days before lockdown we quickly planted some seed potatoes… just weeks before lockdown is mostly lifted, we…
Tidying SteveJune 22, 2020 A lot of focus has been made on the garden, and for good reason. Everything is busy growing…
Rain – Sun – Fruit SteveJune 21, 2020 A lot of rain, a lot of sun, meaning a lot of growing has been happening, in particular…
Cutting down trees SteveJune 15, 2020 Maybe not the whole tree but a certain amount of branches had to go from the trees that…
Bye celeriac, hello tomatoes SteveJune 6, 2020June 6, 2020 They didn’t last long, less than a week after months of looking after at home. All a bit…
An early morning SteveMay 31, 2020June 3, 2020 I feel like I am not on top of the allotment, visits have not been much this year…
Planting sprouts SteveMay 25, 2020May 25, 2020 It was suggested it would be raining later on in the day and so even though it was…
Cutting back SteveMay 17, 2020May 18, 2020 A walk up to the allotment in the afternoon showed that following the recent cold and windy weather…
Eating radish SteveMay 10, 2020 The first lot of radish were sown at the beginning of March, then instead of being taken up…
Back to the Plot – for now SteveMay 3, 2020May 6, 2020 Let us not get over excited, all the talk by the media of relaxing lock down (have they…
French beans and parsnips SteveMay 2, 2020 In the garden, a warm sunny morning has followed a number of rainy (but not cold) days has…
Obsessed with Parsnips! SteveApril 30, 2020April 29, 2020 All this staying at home, I’m starting to be obsessive about parsnips! Last year was a first try…
Growing at home SteveApril 27, 2020April 26, 2020 I have various in seed trays indoors: chillies – late to sow this year, probably ready to put…
Venturing Out into the Wild SteveApril 26, 2020 Three weeks, or is it four weeks, it might even be five weeks – it seems like a…
Seedlings and peas SteveApril 19, 2020 It had rained most of yesterday and bits during the night, the morning was not looking too promising…
Parsnips, carrots,a lot of seeds – and compost SteveApril 12, 2020April 12, 2020 It shows just how much we have done on the allotment with the soil, lots of organic matter…
Bringing things closer to home SteveApril 5, 2020 We had planned to do something with the lawn this year, maybe a bit of paving to put…
Radish in a Pot SteveMarch 29, 2020 It is sunny and inviting outside, the clocks have changed, it seems an ideal morning to look at…
A Dash for the Leeks SteveMarch 25, 2020 I think of it as you “can” go to the allotment, but I think “should” you? I also…
Potatoes and Onions SteveMarch 22, 2020 We walked up to the allotment in the afternoon armed with bags of seed potatoes and onion sets.…
Getting things ready SteveMarch 15, 2020March 15, 2020 With all the bad weather since Christmas it is hard to believe it is time to start doing…
Larger Strawberries… SteveMarch 8, 2020 I had a bit of a list to work through, it was the first non-cold, non-raining morning for…
2019 – The Stats SteveMarch 4, 2020March 4, 2020 Everyone likes spreadsheets and numbers, here is 2019 in numbers… These figures are from the year’s worth of…
Sprouts, Swedes and Woodchip SteveFebruary 15, 2020April 5, 2020 Due to commitments and weather I have not been to the plot for a number of weeks. A…
The hop plant SteveFebruary 2, 2020February 2, 2020 Just over five years ago I was given a “grow your own beer” gift as a present, I…