We only paid two visits to the allotment last week and one of those was only fleeting. Early in the week, we had been kept busy. Our fruit growing area…

Activity is rather repetitive at the allotment at the moment and I won't bore you with photos of the beds that we cleared, weeded and dug last week. The plot…

Nights are beginning to draw in, which is a sign that our allotment season is winding down. There are still some crops to harvest. Some such as parsnips, cabbages and…

Summer put in a somewhat belated appearance last week. Trying to make up for lost time the thermometers soared.The result of this sudden onslaught was that we spent very little…

Onions seem to be featuring heavily at the moment. We have them at every stage in their life cycle. At home, sheltering in a cold frame are what are left…

It's round to that stage in the allotmenting year when the focus is more on preparing for next year. It seems to have come along earlier than in previous years…

In my last post, I wrote that I had lifted the onions as the forecast was for a warm dry period. Of course, the forecast was wrong and we had…

I think that the weather gods must have read my previous post and taken pity on us. Last week we actually had some glimpses of summer. The weather forecast sounded…

We really have had more than enough rain now! Back when we were spending our days lugging watering cans, we should have been more careful with what we were wishing…

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…