How much time have I spent on the allotments? Most beds are cleared now and replanted, so there’s not much to do except establishing the new plants and harvesting, although I have a bit of a weeding backlog. I worked for 9 hours in total, most of that harvesting and...
How much time have I spent on the allotments? There’s actually a fair bit of work to do on the allotments at the moment as I clear summer planting and replace it with winter veggies, so I’ve done 4 half days there this week and done a lot of tidying...
August, like July, has been a challenging month in the garden. High winds, lots of rain and not much sun. I even had to put cold-frame lids over new plantings of lettuce to protect them from the gales and hail! It looks like everything has pulled through though, the squash...
How much time have I spent on the allotments? There’s actually a fair bit of work to do on the allotments, but the weather has been good for cycling and hiking, so that’s taken precedence and I will have a couple of days on the allotment next week. This week...
If you received this via email click here to get all of the images and videos! How much time have I spent on the allotments? It’s actually hard to believe that I’m writing this diary almost at the end of summer, because it seems like the last 6 weeks or...
If you received this via email click here to get all of the images and videos! How much time have I spent on the allotments? The total for this week is: 8 hours, it’s been raining a lot (so no watering) and to be honest there’s not much to do...
If you received this via email click here to get all of the images and videos! How much time have I spent on the allotments? The total for this week is: 18 hours, which is very high because we have been preparing for Open Day and because I spent 8...
July has probably topped June in the crazy month awards, with a few days colder than February and then blazing hot a few days later followed by gales and heavy rain. The beans have suffered the most, only just starting to climb. The squash and brassicas (that survived cabbage root...
If you received this via email click here to get all of the images and videos! How much time have I spent on the allotments? The total for this week is: 8 hours, it’s been a relaxed week, if you exclude the hassle of dealing with the council’s strategy to...
If you received this via email click here to get all of the images and videos! How much time have I spent on the allotments? The total for this week is: 16.5 hours, it’s been a busy week. Unfortunately a few of these hours have been spent writing letters to...