Last week has certainly been a memorable one. We had a new prime minister at the beginning of the week and by the end of the week, we had a…

We are now at the stage where the allotment beds are emptying and our main focus is clearing and tidying beds. We are still waiting for some rain so that…

  We are still watering the later planted brassicas. The plants deserve some TLC as they had to wait too long before being moved to the allotment due to the hot…

Storms are regularly being mentioned in weather forecasts and I read reports of thunderstorms and heavy rain. So far none have headed our way. Still, the most that the weather…

We had quite a change of routine last week.Work on the allotment has been confined to watering - lots of watering - and harvesting. A hosepipe ban is planned for…

Well isn't it a difficult year for gardeners and farmers? Any rain that is falling just wets any bare earth as it isn't heavy enough to penetrate any plant top-growth.…

We only managed a couple of visits to the allotment last week. We had a couple of appointments and the drizzly rain was enough to make gardening a less attractive…

Last week was certainly different. High temperatures were forecasted for the beginning of the week, so we decided to make morning visits to the allotment in order to make sure…

We are still waiting for the elusive rain to turn up. We keep being promised thunderstorms but they magically disappear from the forecasts before they are due to arrive. The…

The pantomime in London that  dominated our news channels last week didn't depict the only battle that was going on. We are still battling to keep our crops going on…