For an overview of everything that I’m sowing for the whole year, please take a look at my month-by-month sowing guide. April has had it’s ups and downs, that’s for sure! Set aside Covid 19 and the associated lockdown, the biggest challenge has been blazing hot sun during the day...
Overview of the week Well we broke all records today, harvesting more in a single day than ever before and more in a week too, when you exclude bulk harvests (garlic, onions, beets etc). That’s quite a feat mid-way through the hungry gap and I’m chuffed to bits. My strategy...
Overview of the week It’s been another week dominated by growing food and there’s been plenty of variety, good progress, a surprising hard frost and a dip in motivation levels. The weather has been excellent, very sunny, maybe too sunny but cold at night. Fortunately I am now getting...
Overview of the week I’ve been so busy that I actually forgot to write the diary for this week until Dave reminded me. Even worse we did the harvest a day early too, so this entry is even later than you might think! It’s been a good week though, the...
Overview of the week The lockdown proceeds and we are all fine. There’s not much variety in our lives, but the weather is good and we have plenty to do. So much to do in fact that I wonder how I managed to fit all the cycling, hiking, travel etc...
For an overview of everything that I’m sowing for the whole year, please take a look at my month-by-month sowing guide. March is the most important sowing month, but April is still critical. It’s the month when I get to re-sow things that failed in March! (kalettes) and the month...
Overview of the week Despite the lockdown we are fine, in fact not having very much to do means that we get to focus a bit more on hobbies and getting ahead on our allotment jobs. Our life is fairly simple, so except for having to cancel a couple of...
Like many people I’ve been feeling a bit worried and helpless in the face of the unfolding spread of the corona virus and the resulting COVID 19 disease. I decided that the best therapy would be to take some proactive action no matter how small. Debbie and decided that we...
Overview of the week Well what a week it’s been, we’ve gone from relative normality to near lockdown, at least we still have freedom of movement, we can visit allotments and we can in theory go shopping, although there’s very little there for us to buy. We are however fine,...
Overview of the week It’s not been the best of weeks, the weather is still variable and I’m still suffering from the primary affects of an infection and the side effects of the treatment, but I’ve made the best of it and kept busy. I’m particularly excited to have rationalised,...