What a week it has been! Fortunately, we haven't had weather as bad as in some areas. For us, it has delivered lots of rain and strong winds.  Happily, when…

It's been a very mixed week weatherwise. We have gone from summery and warm one day to rather wintery the day after. We have also had quite a bit of…

We managed a couple of afternoons at the allotment, although once again on one occasion we were rained off. In stark contrast on the second visit, it was warm and…

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…