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…

It's been a very frustrating week weather-wise. We have had a little rain but only enough to dampen the top few millimetres of soil. Short showers tend to dry up…

We are still in desperate need of some real rain. The situation is being made worse as the warm, sunny weather accompanied by very breezy conditions soon dry out whatever…

What a mixed up week last week was! It is so difficult to know what to wear. One minute we needed to layer up and the next we needed to…

Last week was a bit of a mixed week weather-wise. It's difficult to remember that we are now in June and the beginning of summer. On some days we have…

Any rain that is managing to fall is still in the form of fairly light showers. We had nothing persistent or steady. On top of this the fluctuations in temperature…

We did have some rain last week but it was only delivered in short drizzly showers. It was only enough to wet us when we were out and about and…

Last week we managed to clear most of the beds and, Martyn went over them with the rotavator. The only bed that hasn't been dug over is the old strawberry…

There are still beds to clear and dig over on the allotment.  We had a little rain last week but not enough to put watering on hold. The ground was…