Continuing my tidying up streak I finished trimming the primary kale and secondary kale/broccoli beds today, having done the primary beds yesterday. I have two of each because last year I lost most of my winter kale crop of mildew and I’m trying to repeat the same experience. Unfortunately I...
Today was all about tidying up. I started with the sprouts which were strongly pushing up against the tops of their netted cage. The was nothing for it but to take out the tops and while I was about it trim off the bottom half of the leaves, that were...
It’s been a hard week on the allotment, hardly any planting and a lot of building. The main project has been to make, two large cold frames for early winter veg growing and early crops in spring and a deep hot bed that’s sunk into the ground by about a...
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...
Pulled a row of mix salads that had been picked for the last month and were now past their best, freed the kohl rabi and lettuces on both sides to develop more. Popped in a couple of rows of chard to replace it, should have plenty of room once the...
Yesterday was our biggest ever crop! Did a big tidy up and weed today, no seeds were planted but I did finish planting all of the Christmas Potatoes 1kg x Christmas harvest seed potato Maris Peer and CHARLOTTE CHRISTMAS SEED POTATOES
This is my first day working the allotment for a few days, although I’ve cropped more frequently and it was wonderful to really get stuck into some real work. The first job, that was desperately needed, was to brush up all the wind fall apples from the orchard and give...