Looks like spring – feels like winter
We did go to the allotment last week but I didn't take any photos. I had intended taking a photo when we revisited the plot later in the week but…
Chitting potatoes – I’ve had to risk it
I think some of our seed potatoes have been saved by this blog post. I decided to write this week's post about how I've been contemplating moving our potatoes from…
Damage from storm Otto & more tidying up
It's been a windy few days following the arrival and departure of storm Otto. The main storm itself didn't last all that long but with a highest gust speed of…
Cracking on
All that was left of the huge pile of 'prunings', that we had piled up, was a modest pile of ash. This will be put to good use and spread…
Going quackers
The forecast is for wet or drizzly weather this week, so last weekend we decided that we had better have a fire to burn the huge pile of 'prunings' that…
Onions - Red Baron
Experimental red onions
We've always had trouble growing red onions. We had always grown our onions from sets and red sets had never performed as well as the brown ones. They'd be grown…
The new season begins
Since the middle of January, we've had very little rain so both the garden at home and the allotment have started to dry out enough to consider doing a little…
New beginnings
We've upped our pace a bit this week having not only spent an afternoon at the allotment but also spending some time tidying up in the garden. One of our…