Overview of the week I’ve continued to be over tired this week, so I’ve been mostly at home in St Annes, but that’s given me the opportunity to sow seeds and do some potting on. Fortunately I’ve not missed much by being at home because the weather has been...
Overview of the week I’ve not felt very well this week, so I’ve been mostly at home in St Annes, but that’s given me the opportunity to work through a few allotment jobs and sow seeds and do some potting on. Fortunately I’ve not missed much by being at...
Overview of the week I’ve been away hiking on the east coast since the last harvest, arriving back on Friday, just in time to harvest again, so I can safely say no work has been done on the allotments. I did however get a few seeds sown on the Sunday...
Overview of the week The weather has been very changeable this week so I’ve taken the opportunity to get a lot of odd jobs out of the way. The most important of which was releasing the new version of my allotment database (see videos etc later). I’ve also managed to...
For an overview of everything that I’m sowing for the whole year, please take a look at my month-by-month sowing guide. I don’t generally recommend sowing anything in January unless you have very specific circumstances, but February is different. By the time – mid Feb planted – seedlings are breaking...
I have a new version of my database now and you can find the details here. Last year I decided that planning my allotment on a spreadsheet wasn’t for me. I’m a visual person and I found messing around with a spreadsheet was a real chore, I wanted to enjoy...
Overview of the week It’s been a busy week, I’ve had two days out walking, lots of swimming and a day barrowing wood chips to Debbie’s plot and my plot as well as one of our allotment friends. We’ve also done the biggest harvest of the year so far. I...
This document captures answers to the most common questions that I get about our allotments, what we grow and how we grow. Where are you? England North west Lytham St Annes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytham_St_Annes The allotments are here: https://goo.gl/maps/3XBLthZwqp8AddHh7 Are you really by the seaside? The house is ½ a mile from...
Overview of the week We’ve had some great weather this week, so rather than distract ourselves and go hiking, we’ve knuckled down and made real progress on all those jobs that we should have already finished by now! The main focus has been on laying down wood chip on Jennie...
I have a much improved version of this guide which you can find here This is the third draft of my guide to growing an abundance of vegetables all year round, especially in the so called Hungry Gap. The “jobs for the month” sections have been expanded in this version and...