We are self-sufficient in veg and seasonal fruit so if I want to eat something, I have to grow it. Sometimes I take this seriously, because I really want food to eat every day, sometimes it’s just a bit of fun, or an experiment to test out an idea that...
We are self-sufficient in veg and seasonal fruit so if I want to eat something, I have to grow it. Sometimes I take this seriously, because I really want food to eat every day, sometimes it’s just a bit of fun, or an experiment to test out an idea that...
Allotment Finances We’ve harvested a total of £1503 of fruit veg this year We’ve spent a total of £458 this year, mostly one time investments What we’ve harvested and eaten We harvested a total of £180 worth of veg this week, excluding everything from the store. This is slightly higher...
This video is the introduction to a series on climate change. It covers some of the impacts of climate change on our allotments in North West England and what we can do about them.
It was only three short years ago now that I got my first allotment plot. Debbie wasn’t so sure, as she looked at the scrappy patch of weeds, but it was too late, I was already in love! In this video I give a brief overview of our family journey...
March is my busiest sowing month, so it’s quite a relief to get to April. I have dozens of seed trays full of healthy plants now and many of the February and early March sowings are in the ground. The main challenge has been the onions, I’ve had a couple...
Allotment Finances We’ve harvested a total of £1323 of fruit veg this year We’ve spent a total of £446 this year, mostly one time investments What we’ve harvested and eaten We harvested a total of £173 worth of veg this week, excluding everything from the store. This is actually lower...
A quick update on what we’ve been planting in the last week or so. After so much time sowing seeds, it’s lovely to start planting them in the open ground again! If you are new to my allotment videos you might find a bit of context useful. We live in...
In this video I go through some of the basic strategies that we follow to harvest a huge amount of organic fruit and veg off our 250 sq meters of growing area. If you are new to my allotment videos you might find a bit of context useful. We live...
A quick update on my plans for making sure that we don’t run out of brassicas during the spring ‘hungry gap’. I do a quick review of the current situation, show you my full range of brassica seedlings and plant a nice range of Kales. I also have a few...