After a couple of weeks wait, we finally got the stumps ground out on the plot. The whole process took about half an hour, saving we a week of back breaking work doing it manually. It’s been really cold this week, but the worst is still to come so I’m...
Here’s a quick tour of the kitchen garden, not much ready to harvest – just beets and carrots – but loads of veg in the store and freezer. We also have a chaos of seed planting and potato chitting on every available window sill. We even have a few tubs...
I’m still waiting for the stump grinder and as a result ‘project polytunnel’ is stalled for another week. I’ve taken the opportunity to disassemble two raised beds and associated mesh frames that I bought from my back garden. I’ve always hated them. They’re the wrong size and the design of...
The harvests are really starting to pick up now. I’ve just picked 20 litres of veg, that’s a respectable £20 worth, and it’s the second harvest of the week. It’s a tricky time of year though, picking enough to eat, but leaving the plants strong, so that they grow even...
Amanda from AJ’s Allotment asked me to answer 5 questions and then tag 5 additional people who I’d like to see answer the same questions. There’s no obligation to answer of course, but if you fancy it, then I’m sure people would appreciate the answers. So first, thanks to Amanda...
Here’s a quick video to show what self-sufficiency in most seasonal veg looks like on the allotment today. I take a quick walk around the plots and do a typical February harvest, then I take a few bits from the store room at home and show everything cleaned up in...
It’s been a busy week on the allotments, spurred on by pretty great weather! I’ve done a lot of work on Jennie’s plot, forking and mulching the potato bed with well rotted manure and preparing the potato pots. I’ve also mulched the brassica bed with spent mushroom compost, now all...
Today’s video is in response to a viewer’s request. Apparently I’m always mentioning smoothie’s on the videos and so a video of making them was a good idea too. Smoothie’s are particularly important at this time of year, because leaves for salads are a bit thin on the ground, whereas...
In today’s video I provide an update on what’s happened over the last few days. The focus continues to be on reducing our spring and summer workload, preparing for spring and getting ready for the polytunnel. Specifically I pot up early strawberries. Plant lettuces and beets (for leaves), carry a...
This is a short video showing the progress on Jennie’s plot. It’s taken a while to film it because the weather has just been too windy to get decent audio, but today it’s finally bearable. There’s not much progress to report. I’m still raving about kalette’s which are the best...