Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments

Comparing Notes
Last week was mostly dry until the weekend when the heavens opened and the heavy rain was accompanied by thunder. The temperature last week, however,

A host of golden daffodils
Although we did have some sunshine last week, the temperature dropped and we were back to wrapping up warmly and Ruby needed to go back

Springing into action
Last week the weather was almost spring-like so we managed to make quite a lot of progress on the allotment. At times it was even

Has spring sprung for you?
It’s now meteorological spring but when do you think spring begins? Last week almost felt spring-like. Some days were very pleasant. The sun made an

An afternoon on the plot
Last week’s weather, for the most part, was awful. We had strong winds and rain that varied from light drizzly showers – the sort that

Another slow week
I didn’t publish a post last week as to be honest I had nothing of interest to write about. To be frank the same could

Onions and potatoes
The only gardening related activity last week was a visit to a local garden centre to buy our seed potatoes and onion sets. As well

First signs
The storm that was predicted for last week, didn’t hit us as hard as it appeared to do in other areas. The winds tracked in

It begins
The snow has almost all disappeared. All that remains are mounds where snow had been piled up. The snowman, that interested Ruby so much the

Chilling out
Although we haven’t had any more snow, despite having some heavy rain, the snow that fell over a week ago is still sticking around. It’s

Just missed a white Christmas
I don’t really have much to say this week. Christmas and the New Year are now behind us and winter has moved in with a