July – one of our favourite months
All months have their charms on the allotment (even in the depths of winter!) but July is one of our […]
Bark border
The latest phase of remedial works on our new plot is to section off and mulch the ‘fruit cordon’ area. […]
Thanks very mulch
After the excitement of taking possession of the new plot, the reality of the task quickly took over. We could […]
A new plot twist
Exciting times for us at the allotment site as we’ve been allocated an extra plot for this year! It’s roughly […]
1st anniversary
It’s been a year since we took on our plot and all in all its been a great experience. There […]
Broad bean blizzard
We were a bit nervous about planting broad beans in the Autumn for the first time, mostly because we didn’t […]
Winter Broad Beans
We decided to try planting our broad beans to grow through the winter, as they are said to be very […]
Remember what you planted!
We are pretty good at recording the plants we’ve put in and their locations, I’ve even insisted that each of […]
Vacuum sealing sprouts
We were a bit more successful growing sprouts than we expected, so ended up with a bit of a glut. […]
Sprouts for Christmas
It’s taken our sprouts almost nine months to grow and now it’s time to harvest them for the Christmas table. […]