Calabrese is one of my favourite brassicas and it’s a particular treat early in the season when last year’s kale is going to seed, the sprouts have gone, the cauliflower’s aren’t ready and all you have is cabbage! This video shows how I’m growing early calabrese, planting in autumn, carefully...
Allotment Finances We’ve harvested a total of £365 of fruit veg this year We’ve spent a total of £275 this year, mostly one time investments What we’ve harvested and eaten We harvested a ‘grand’ total of £88 worth of veg this week, excluding anything from the store. We had 33...
I’m growing two types of perennial kale this year and they make an excellent complement to the annuals. They are especially useful in the hungry gap, when annual kale is exhausted or going to seed the perennials are in their youthful resurgence and growing strong. That lasts well into the...
A quick video talking about growing early and late carrots. The focus though is on making sure you have plenty of carrots for the hungry gap. The key to success is to get enough heat for the carrots to germinate in a reasonable time. There are four ways to do...
This is part of a series of videos covering ways to make the hungry gaps quite a lot more abundant. This video covers early/late potatoes. I’m growing all of my potatoes in tubs this year! These are the steps I follow: Save your own potatoes (Swift and Charlotte in my...
A quick update on how we are mulching the fruit trees this year. Info on how I challenged the bind weed and ground elder on Jennie’s plot and a quick polytunnel update. If you are new to my allotment videos you might find a bit of context useful. We live...
What we’ve harvested and eaten We harvested a total of £70 worth of veg this week, excluding anything from the store. We had over 40 meals with ingredients from the allotment and contributed to two other families. Here’s a photo of one of the harvests. We picked new potatoes, broccoli,...