Overview of the week I’ve been in the local area all week since I’m not allowed to do anything strenuous like riding my bike, hiking or otherwise taxing my tendons. That said it’s been a wonderful week. The weather’s been very kind to me and I’ve slowly worked my way...
Overview of the week It’s been another week of high winds and rain and the chard and field beans have been suffering quite a slow down of growth, so for the first time this year they’ve been given a harvest holiday to recover! I’m also in recovery mode, although in...
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 of the year for me, well at least until August when we so most of the winter crops. Unlike August though there’s...
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 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...
Overview of the week Maybe it’s that new year spirit, but I’ve actually been motivated to spend quite a bit of time on the allotment this week, something like 8 hours in total, most of it was spent clearing up. I’ve also planted my first batch of seeds! We’ve also...
I don’t generally recommend sowing anything in January. It’s easy to germinate seedlings at home of course, but then you will find that it’s too warm and the light levels are too low, so you will get leggy seedlings. If you move them to an unheated greenhouse, they will grow...
Overview of the week I spent half a day on the allotment this week, mostly planting and then two other visits for harvesting. The big news though is that harvests are still strong, it’s been colder than usual, but I’ve managed to finish planting all of my spare plants. In...
How much time have I spent on the allotments? I’ve been away on a short break this week, enjoying one my old home towns, Kingston Upon Hull, a true regeneration success story, such a beautiful and vibrant place, especially if you stick close to the water-front like I do. As...