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Finished the fence with Jon’s help, now we just have to put in the planting pockets Picked a big bag of peas and broad beans, for tonight’s pizza topping

Not much going on at the allotment today, painted another half pallet and put up two pallets, so the fence is almost done.  Jon is finishing off the last of the pallets this afternoon. Cropped and pulled up a row of chard, I still have three mature rows and more...

Finished painting another pallet today, started a second one and Jon continued painting in the afternoon, so the fence should progress quite a bit tomorrow. Cleared a row of straggly oriental salad, which grew fantastically earlier in the year, but isn’t do so well now that the weather is warmer,...

Only on the allotment for half an hour today, made the most of it and turned my last compost bin.  Now they’ve all been turned they have all warmed up nicely, although they are all declining well below their 50 degree peak. Picked a huge selection of veg for Thom’s...

Continued with the fencing, painted another pallet and put one up Planted another row of red lettuce Did a bit of cropping, it’s the big crop tomorrow though Turned the last of my compost bins!

Today was all about planting up the rows that I’d cleared with the big crop yesterday, although I still took two bags of salad, one of kale, one of spring greens. I put in a long row of peas up against the new climbing frame at the plot entrance: this...

I’m starting to come out of my flare today, which was lucky as Matt was joining me on the allotment for some “honest day’s work” therapy away from the office.  He’s a massive veg fan and had a great time snacking freshly picked leaves, beans, berries and radish, and took...

Started to feel a bit better today, so I very slowly turned my third compost bin, into my second empty bin, adding greens and chicken manure and water as I went, it’s already had one hot period of composting back in April, but hopefully this will give it another burst...

Started my new project today, painting the fence that’s going to mark the entrance to my plot.  The fence is going to be a planter as well.  The Dark Oak colour is pretty opaque, but not quite enough for a single coat to cover all of the red paint, it...

I’m not very well today, some kind of throat infection so I’m body sore and my mind is asleep.  I still managed to potter around the allotment for a couple of hours though, mostly wandering randomly around looking for weeds and cropping. I also noticed my first cucumber I also...