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A double blog this week. The sun shone on the 22nd. Protecting our young crops was a main activity – netting over the strawberries which have magically appeared in abundance […]

Anna is thinking about the garden opening at Redcroft her Edinburgh garden and the hot weather has created some problems. Apparently we have had more sun in the last few […]

The sun continues to shine at the Bridgend Caley allotment, though a North Easterly breeze meant that the air was a bit nippy to start with. Today’s main activity was […]

May Day! A cool start after two days of high temperatures, but the morning warmed up as the sun emerged. Unusually, we started with a meeting. This was to discuss […]

Woolly hats and layers were back on today as conditions were damp and chilly – April showers later with short patches of sun.   Tattie planting continues. Today it was Heritage […]

A lovely sunny day! The allotment is at its most colourful just now with patches of brilliant yellow, mauve and crimson around bed edges and under trees. The sweet peas […]

April already! A disappointingly sharp, chilly morning after a few days of sunshine. However, the sun broke through around midday, which was very welcome! At the windbreak, wobbly end posts […]

A decent morning, mild with patches of sun, though increasingly breezy. Luckily, we’d packed up before the afternoon showers came on. Soil temperatures were up to 10 degrees centigrade – […]

A beautiful warm day saw us peeling off one or two layers and enjoying breaktime in the early Spring sunshine. Simple pleasures! We were high in numbers today so managed […]

A lovely sunny day, unless you were standing under the shadow of the huge conifer proudly overlooking us !! More work done in preparation for the growing season. A trench […]