February 2024
Sowing, Planting & Preparation

01 - 28 February

2024-02-15 First sowings of the year

19/02/24

Seed potatoes set out to chit

All our bought seed potatoes were moved out of the garage into the greenhouse. It’s unlikely that any potatoes will be planted in the allotment before the beginning of April. All the potatoes were covered with several layers of fleece to act as frost protection.

23/02/24

Trying a few early lettuce seeds

I’ve got a packet of Red Salad Bowl lettuce seeds which will be out of date by May this year. As I’ve got some space under our indoor growlight I thought I’d see if they’d germinate. If they do I’ll grow them on in the greenhouse to see if I can get an early crop from them.

25/02/24

Working on the allotment

All the rain this month means the ground is too wet to do any work on it. The grass paths could do with a strim to tidy them up but other jobs need doing more urgently. I decided to do some more work emptying the compost heap. The second heap contained only composted weeds but had broken down very well. It was a little bit on the wet side but workable.

The compost was spread over several beds. In all 12 barrowfulls were dug out.

Sue cut back the raspberry canes on plot 41. A few stray canes were dug up and heeled in as a temporary measure. The plan is for them to fill in the gaps in the canes on plot 30.