Last week I mentioned that we’ve decided to give up Jennie’s plot at the end of the year. I was a bit sad for a few days, but then the psychic weight of having to care for it lifted and now I just feel relieved and excited to be re-planning...
We made a big family decision this week, we decided that we would give up Jennie’s allotment, my favourite allotment! Actually it was an easy decision. For positive personal reasons Jennie and Jon will no longer have time to work their plot and that would mean more of the load...
I normally like a balance in my week, a leisurely mix of reading, hiking, cycling, walking and gardening as well as a few projects that can take many forms. This week though I decided to focus exclusively on the allotments: a full 23 hours of focus and it was great....
Before I get started, just a quick note about the future! I’m experimenting with a few changes to how I write this diary. I won’t be including as many weekly statistics because these just duplicate data that’s already available in my Airtable databases. This reduces all the redundant cut and...
Overview of the week Not much gardening this week. I drove down to London to collect Anna and Thom, who’ve been locked down there for months, but fortunately (although they are students) they managed to find a way to live in the most wonderful gated community with it’s own gardens...
For an overview of everything that I’m sowing for the whole year, please take a look at my month-by-month sowing guide. July continued the wet, windy and fairly cold weather from June, but the polytunnel tomatoes delivered and the low tunnels protected the peppers and gave us a brilliant harvest....