This document captures answers to the most common questions that I get about our allotments, what we grow and how we grow. Where are you? England North west Lytham St Annes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytham_St_Annes The allotments are here: https://goo.gl/maps/3XBLthZwqp8AddHh7 Are you really by the seaside? The house is ½ a mile from...
This is the third draft of my guide to growing an abundance of vegatables all year round, especially in the so called Hungry Gap. The “jobs for the month” sections have been expanded in this version and I have new photos! I’d love a bit of feedback on how useful it...
Overview of the week We’ve had some great weather this week, so rather than distract ourselves and go hiking, we’ve knuckled down and made real progress on all those jobs that we should have already finished by now! The main focus has been on laying down wood chip on Jennie...
Overview of the week I’ve been away on holiday this week in sunny Scarborough and I had a lovely time, hiking the Cinder Track from Scarborough to Robin Hood’s Bay and several other hikes and adventures. I took the opportunity to take a rest day in York and toured the...
Overview of the week Maybe it’s that new year spirit, but I’ve actually been motivated to spend quite a bit of time on the allotment this week, something like 8 hours in total, most of it was spent clearing up. I’ve also planted my first batch of seeds! We’ve also...
I don’t generally recommend sowing anything in January. It’s easy to germinate seedlings at home of course, but then you will find that it’s too warm and the light levels are too low, so you will get leggy seedlings. If you move them to an unheated greenhouse, they will grow...
Overview of the week I’ve done it … this is my 52nd report! That means that finally all of this effort will pay off, because I will be able to read last year’s diary next week, as well as writing this years. Actually I took a quick look at...
Overview of the week We’ve been away on holiday this week, visiting family for the first part of the week and then friends for the latter, so there’s been no activity on the allotments all week, just a single harvest. What a harvest it’s been though, a really beautiful selection...
Overview of the week Almost no time spent on the allotments this week as the weather’s not been great and any good time has been spent hiking. I did however manage a couple of quick stops to harvest, so that’s a total time spent of 3 hours. I also managed...
Overview of the week I spent half a day on the allotment this week, mostly planting and then two other visits for harvesting. The big news though is that harvests are still strong, it’s been colder than usual, but I’ve managed to finish planting all of my spare plants. In...
Overview of the week I’ve been on holiday for most of the week, back just in time to do today’s harvest, so basically the allotments have been left to their own devices. Fortunately the weather was fairly mild for most of the week, so I just left everything vented and...