There's not much to say about this week, other than it has been cold - very cold. Needless to say, we have not been to the allotment. Even if we…

With a freezing weather forecast for the latter part of the week, we decided that we had better lift the dahlias and put them into winter storage. With this in…

Meteorologically speaking, winter's already upon us.  Astronomically winter begins at the winter equinox on 21 December. Whichever definition you prefer, as far as our weather is concerned, winter is definitely…

It was another flying visit to the allotment last week. It was a wet week again and Martyn's foot isn't yet improved enough for him to wear any footwear that…

I don't have much to report this week. The best word to describe last week's weather was miserable. The week began damp and misty. If anything as the week progressed…

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…