I like to spend an hour or so on the allotment a few days a week in winter, just keeping on top of things before it gets really busy in mid-February. Today I planted out the first and second successions of early peas, my second succession of calabrese and some...
Every couple of weeks I do a tour of the allotments to show what we’ve been working on during the last few weeks and the progress – or otherwise – on the plots. If you are new to my allotment videos you might find a bit of context useful. We...
NOTE: apologies for the low volume audio running in the background of this video, I forgot to set the volume to zero during editing. Lots of people have requested some insight into what we eat from the allotment after seeing so many harvests. I’ve managed to cobble together a few...
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2agNFp5IxGQ/hqdefault.jpg If you’ve been following along you will know that I keep a rough tally of what I harvest and what I spend in £ on the allotment. This December we spent nothing and harvested £239 worth of veg and of course ate loads from the store. This was enough...
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aHFKdjqJPRM/hqdefault.jpg We just went through the allotment store to check everything out. Fortunately we only had a couple of rotten spuds, two sprouting garlic cloves and a couple of mouldy onions. Everything else was in fairly good, or very good condition, so it’s all back in the store and this...
This is a long video, but then it’s on an important topic. I explore my approach to self-sufficiency and then spend quite a while illustrating how I put it into practice through successional sowing, choosing different varieties that mature at different times, choosing veg suited to different seasons and season...
In this video I do a full tour of the three allotments, the polytunnel and the kitchen garden and store. It’s a long video, but it’s worth it because it finally feels like not only has spring arrived, but warm weather has arrived too. The word on the allotments is...
Big update on the progress of my super early potatoes and how I’ve planted in the ground this year. I’ve planted lots of Charlotte and Arran Pilot in tubs on the patio at home and on Jennie’s plot. I’ve also planted Charlotte in the ground (with some chits removed) for...
It’s been another challenging week on the allotment. Hail, sleet, light frosts and plenty of rain and wind. As a result we’ve had a bit of downy mildew rearing it’s ugly head on some of the lettuce; ironically the variety that’s meant to be most resistant! I’ve picked off the...
Well it’s been a challenging end to winter, with the coldest weather anyone around here can remember. The wind chill has been particularly challenging, so anything tender that’s not under cover has suffered, the chard and broad beans being good examples. Under cover though nearly everything has survived well. I’ve...