Another non-gardening week last week. Preparing for our new carpets to be fitted involved taking a desk apart. Whilst doing this a large piece of wood fell on, Martyn's foot.…

Last week was very busy but just not as far as gardening was concerned. We both had our Covid booster vaccinations which was a far quicker process than last time.…

Back in 2010 we planted a young quince tree. I wrote a blog post about it here. Twelve years on and our little quince tree now looks like this. This…

I've mentioned before that our clay soil can move seamlessly from too hard and dry to dig to too wet and claggy. After having had a lack of rain, for…

Visits to the allotment are becoming fewer and when we do head to the plot we spend a shorter time there. Digging is hard work on our soil, especially when…

It's ironic that we spent the entire growing season bemoaning the fact that we needed rain but now we are in a race to get the allotment ready for winter…

We didn't do much gardening at the beginning of the week for a number of reasons. One welcome reason is that we have had  a few wet days. A less…

Whilst we have had some rain, we still haven't had enough to penetrate the soil meaning that the beds are still too dry to dig over. We are visiting the…

Our afternoons on the allotment have fallen into a pattern as we switch from planting and watering to clearing and digging.After being dug over, some beds have been covered with…

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…