It seems that no sooner have we planted up all our allotment beds than we start to clear them.  The period of time during which the plot looks its best…

At the moment, there never seems to be a happy medium where our weather is concerned. June saw us lugging watering cans in the level of heat not ideal for…

There is never a happy medium where our weather is concerned. Only a couple of week's ago we were struggling to keep our plants watered. The soil was dry and…

At the beginning of last week, although we had some light rain, we were still watering, The heavy rain that was forecast seemed to be determined to miss us. We had…

It seems to happen every year at this time. Everything in the garden and on the plot is planted out and settled in and looking lovely.  Then as soon as…

As we were treated to some much needed rain, we had a reprieve from watering duties. This freed up time for us to start catching up on some jobs on…

There's not a lot of interest to share about last week. We were still having to water on every visit to the allotment but we did manage to fit in…

We seem to be repeating last year. The allotment is now almost fully planted and the weather gods seem to have forgotten how to produce rain. Thunderstorms have been promised…

We spent four afternoons at the allotment last week but to be honest there is little to show for it. It's not that we weren't busy, it's just that time…

It was a lovely week last week. No rain and temperatures that meant sweaters were discarded and shade was sought. The downside  - of course there always is a downide…