We’ve made a small start
The rain finally stopped and the sun made an appearance. This, and the emergence of more spring flowers, encouraged us to venture outdoors although not as far as the allotment.…
Spring like
The weather turned spring like for Friday and Saturday. Storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin brought plenty of gale force winds and plenty of rain. There’s a chance that this February…
Storms, rain, snow
It will come as no surprise to learn that another week has passed and we still haven’t made it to the allotment.Last week the weather gods threw everything they had…
Slight snowfall on Saturday, 19 February 2022
After Eunice
As forecast storm Eunice followed close on the heels of Dudley. For us there was no doubting that Eunice was the worst of the two storms. I think it’s worth…
Late posting
I usually post an update of the previous week’s activities on a Monday but this week I haven’t managed to stick to my routine. I had a couple of days…
Between storms
It's Thursday afternoon and we are in between storms Dudley and Eunice. I wasn't too sure when storm Dudley arrived. I thought initially that storm Dudley had arrived in the…
New for this year
Over the last few weeks, we’ve gathered together most of our seed stock for the coming season. It’s mostly our tried and tested varieties that we’ve grown before and which…
A quick update
I don’t have much to write about this week as we have more or less been confined indoors. Martyn had another appointment at the hospital to have the dressing on…
Storms Malik and Corrie
Last weekend turned out to be a windy weekend with the arrival of storm Malik on Sunday morning. It brought with it the windiest weather for some considerable time. It…
Our unofficial January garden bird count.
As I mentioned in my previous post, we completely forgot about the RSPB Garden Bird Count at the end of last month. We didn't completely forget, but our memory didn't…