After a busy spring we are now thoroughly enjoying the lazy days of summer. We’ve even had a little rain and are expecting more during the next 7 days. As a result, not much gardening is going on, just watering, weeding and harvesting. Growth is generally strong, although the beetroot...
One of the biggest disadvantages of the way that I garden is that every bed is always in continuous use. As a result I never have the luxury of preparing beds for planting in advance. For many growers early spring is a time of preparation, whereas for me it’s a...
I’ve been working hard through March getting the allotment fully planted for our spring harvests and the garden for our summer harvests. I’m effectively done now with very little to do now until I started planting the tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers in late May/June. It’s a relief as well because...
I didn’t enjoy February on the allotment very much, the weather was cold, wet and windy at various times and very cold for about a week. That very cold spell – the big freeze – set us back about two weeks by comparison with last year but everything has changed...
I love writing these monthly reviews, although January has been a very bleak month on the allotment. Most plots are flooded and it’s been so dull/raining that hardly anything is growing, especially the salad crops. Sowing wise though it’s been a much more exciting month because grow lights are allowing...
I love writing these monthly reviews, although January is perhaps the most boring of them, because everything slows down to a crawl. This year though it’s a much more exciting month because grow lights are allowing me to squeeze in additional harvests in lots of my beds and especially the...
I love writing these monthly reviews and plans for the following month, so much seems to happen in such a short time and our diet changes as each month clicks by. The fruit changes the most. September saw us overwhelmed with tomatoes/peppers/cucumbers and plums and October saw the winter squash...
I love writing these monthly reviews and plans for the following month, so much seems to happen in such a short time and our diet changes as each month clicks by. The fruit changes the most. September saw us overwhelmed with tomatoes/peppers/cucumbers and plums and October saw the winter squash...
I love writing these monthly reviews and plans for the following month, so much seems to happen in such a short time and our diet changes as each month clicks by. The fruit changes the most. August saw us awash with berries, September with tomatoes/peppers/cucumbers and plums and October sees...
This article outlines what I consider to be the ‘best’ seeds to sow in October, importantly October might not be the best time to sow these seeds, my criteria in selecting them is whether you stand a reasonable chance of getting a successful harvest, this late in the year. I...