Double birthday
Last week, we celebrated two birthdays. Martyn's was on Wednesday, and on Thursday, it was Ruby's sixth birthday. How time flies. Martyn's birthday marked several multiples of six and some.It…
The drought continues
I wrote at the end of my last post that on Sunday night, we had some rain, making it our wettest day since the middle of March. In total, we…
Then there were five
It's been a showery week, but again there hasn't been sufficient water deposited to penetrate the ground. The few millimetres of wetness dried up quickly when the sun came out…
Winter just couldn’t wait
Winter just couldn't wait its turn and arrived early last week. The temperature plummeted. We couldn't get to the plot at all. Maybe that isn't strictly true. It would be…
Autumn leaves are falling
After an absence of over a fortnight, we actually managed to visit the allotment last week.As always, after unloading the car, we checked on any plants that were still growing.…
A touch of snow
We thought that the snow that was falling on other parts of the country was going to miss us but on Friday we awoke to a very wintry scene. Fortunately,…
A soggy allotment visit
It's been a wet start to the year. In a bit of a break in the weather on Saturday afternoon we risked a visit to the allotment to harvest some…
Mild autumn but a cold start to winter
November finished up as the third mildest November I’ve recorded. It didn’t manage to beat November 2011 or 2015 which are the mildest I’ve recorded. With September and October being…
We’re getting there
I didn't manage to make it to the allotment to do any work last week until the weekend. Our new bedroom furniture was being built and so someone needed to…
Gardening cycles
Nature works in cycles and we gardeners work along with this. We sow, plant, harvest and store our crops until the growing cycle starts again and the cycle is repeated.Our…