The evening of the sprout plants
The sprouts I sowed in seed tray, in coir, had grown well but were starting to show signs…
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Just weeding
A late start and one where it was hot and sunny. I could had done more but I…
Cutting the grass, again
I thought I would go up to the plot to give the seeds a bit of a water.…
Peas and Potatoes
I found it hard to find borlotti bean seeds, I tracked them down as pinto beans. I’m not…
Slow in the garden
Still yet to reach 20c in the garden this year, I wonder if the cool temperatures and unsettled…
Popadomes!
The bloke in the plot next to us was giving it up and offered for me to take…
Sunny afternoon at the plot
Suddenly, Sunday afternoon it became sunny and warm. It’s not yet been hot yet this year, there has…
Everything sown in the garden
With one bed put over to onions (to give the plot a rest), it feels not much will…
Early sunny morning – lots done
A good four hours on the plot while Tom was at work, super early in the morning and…
Bringing soil back to life in the garden
Overwintering in the garden does not work well, the lack of light and the constant wetness…. I’ve talked…
Weekly Harvest 29th April 23
29th April 2023 Much of the same, rhubarb and purple sprouting…. 2023 B/F £33.74 IN OUT purple sprouting…
Last row of potatoes before it rains
Sun, a small bit of warmth, but plenty of rain means the plot and it’s bindweed was in…
Weekly Harvest 19th April 23
19th April 2023 We gave away loads of rhubarb, big thick sticks, we could had picked a lot…
Parsnips and Purple Sprouting
I wanted to sow parsnips last week but the weather didn’t allow it. It was cloudy but warm…
Planting and sowing
Looking back, it is a year today that we redid the beds in the garden, split them into…
The garden waking up
A boggy wet mess is mostly how our garden can be described for six months of the year,…
Weekly Harvest 10th April 23
10th April2023 Purple sprouting is so deceptive, you think it’s just all leaf and never going to do…
Potatoes In
Easter weekend was set to be super sunny for the most part (BRITS SIZZLE IN EASTER HEATWAVE.. as…
Tidying up – last fire of the year
This weekend would be the last time fires are permitted until the end of summer, so I was…
New decking, more sowing, some repotting
Finally got round to replacing the “decking” at the plot. It was originally made of pallets but after…
Weekly Harvest 26th Mar 23
26th March 2023 We have had two pickings of rhubarb, the plant has exploded over the last couple…
Filling in gaps in the onions
It is important to note for another year…. the garden is just too dark and wet for any…
More seeds
Mostly sowing more seeds, which will start off indoors until they germinate and then go outside undercover. Last…
Starting to sow seeds
Suddenly… it was time to sow seeds for 2023 and with the prospect of it getting busy as…
Fire and Trees
Finally, I finish pruning/chopping the shrubs and trees in the garden for their yearly haircut. It seems to…
Weekly Harvest 25th Feb 23
25th February 2023 Just a small picking of sprouts. I wish I had kept a bit more of…
Shredded bushes and raspberry supports
I’ve been recording outside temperatures for three years now (the computer does all the monitor, I just look…
New Raspberry Bed Complete
It took longer than I was expecting, but I did end up doing some pretty deep digging in…
Weekly Harvest 8th Feb 23
8th February 2023 The parsnips have all been dug up, cleaned, cut up and put in the freezer.…
Parsnips and Raspberries
I dug up the remaining parsnips, not the best harvest but better than nothing. They will be chopped…
Weekly Harvest 24th Jan 23
24th January 2023 The swedes came and went, we hardly noticed them this year. The seedlings came to…
Sunrise, frost and raspberries
I got to the plot before sunrise this morning, it was a bit dark and certainly a lot…
Muddy Mud and Woodchip
A lack of plot visits for over the previous months mostly due to constant rain every weekend. It…
Weekly Harvest 8th Jan 23
8th January 2023 2022 was not a year for carrots on the plot, not many germinated and by…
New year – new woodchip for paths
I knew there was woodchip available at the plot but I had not been able to get there…
2022 Summary
A quick summary of 2022… a year that seemed to come and go way too quickly. It was…
Weekly Harvest 28th Dec 22
28th December 2022 This could be the last harvest of 2022, and not much harvested these last couple…
Getting Wet
I sometimes have so much time off around Christmas but the days are too short or the days…
Frost and Poo
A day off work and the first frost of the winter. I don’t think we have had frost…
Weekly Harvest 29th Nov 22
29th November 2022 I grew the beetroot on the plot just to fill up space, we already had…
Suddenly… I get to the Plot
One minute it was autumn, the next it was full blown biblical winter. Dark skies, rain, wind, floods…
Weekly Harvest 23rd Nov 22
23rd November 2022 It’s mostly rain and windy, heavy rain and really strong wind… for nearly a month…
Cutting Down Field Beans
With bad weather and other commitments getting in the way, I had my first visit the plot for…
Weekly Harvest 18th Oct 22
18th October 2022 It’s been a heavy week, everything is measured in kilos. The beetroot is past it’s…
Weekly Harvest 13th Oct 22
13th October 2022 That is it for tomatoes this year, all plants have been pulled out and anything…
Carrots out, Garlic in…
Hard to believe that there was a row of carrots between the parsnips and the beetroot on the…
Onions in the Garden
To give the plot a break from allium leaf minor I decided to grow all our onions in…
Sorting out the Sprouts
It’s been a busy weekend, no time to go to the plot and so I went after work…
Weekly Harvest 4th Oct 22
4th October 2022 One last lot of runner beans, which was a bit of a surprise. There are…
Weekly Harvest 29th Sept 22
29th September 2022 Picking as many tomatoes as we can before the days get too short and cold.…