Last raised bed
I picked up some strawberries the other week and this weekend I was going to plant them in…
Category: allotment
Getting Muddy
Got up and it was raining…. waited an hour and it was still raining, so I decided to…
Last bit of digging
While the country is under metres and metres of snow, in the south we are just about coping…
Blackcurrants and burning
The final bit of pruning, this time the blackcurrant bushes, it will be interesting to see how they…
Raspberries.. raspberries
A break in the constant cold, wind and rain, I arrived early and spent a long time pruning…
Pruning Raspberries Part One
I’ve decided that as long as it continues to rain every day of the week it is simply…
Gooseberries in the rain
There is still half the plot to dig over from grass, but with a week of rain and…
Dig dig digging
It said it would be a sunny day and it was, which was ideal for the allotment and…
First day of no rain
Been waiting for weeks to go back and cover the plot in the plastic sheeting we bought before…
Planting Garlic
The day started with misty drizzle and certainly not the type of weather for going to the allotment,…
First bit of digging
We came armed with our new tools, at £29.99 this seemed like a great deal from Argos, and I…
Compost bins
The TODO list grows each day. I’ve taken the tip of “little and often” and so the only…
Plot 110 – Day1
The aim for today was to spend a couple of hours to have a first real look at…
Plot 110
It has been a while…. from sunflowers to square foot gardening… a new house.. an allotment. Over the…