Monthly Archive: August 2016
We are cropping into dustbin bags now, which is pretty cool and much cheaper than freezer bags, but quite a heavy load to carry home on foot. I felt like Santa with the bag over my shoulder. I was pleased to be able invite Geoff onto the plot to pick...
Debbie and I dodged the showers today to apply nematodes to the allotment, mainly for carrot and onion fly, the rain watered it in nicely. We cropped a half bin bag full of veg and ate quite a bit as we walked around. In the garden we are having problems...
Finished cropping the first carrot bed and replanted with late spring onions.
I’m finally feeling fully in control of the allotment now, even with a few days away the weeding only took an hour, the cropping took nearly as long. I decided to pull up a couple of rows of Kohl Rabi as we are not enjoying them and beetroot is a...